The Petal Path to Nowhere

puncakbukit (78)in #photography • 2 days ago

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The cherry blossom petals fell silently, a soft, white snow dusting the pavement, but there was no sound of a gentle breeze. The path stretched endlessly ahead, flanked by the beautiful but eerily still trees. The afternoon sun cast long, hard shadows, yet offered no warmth. As I walked, my own footsteps were swallowed by an unnatural hush, and the air grew thick with a sense of being utterly, completely alone.

The buildings to my right, their windows like dark, empty eyes, seemed to watch my every step. The perfect order of the manicured bushes and the uniform rows of trees felt suffocating. I tried to run, but my legs were heavy, stuck in the sticky silence, moving in slow motion. The path, once a welcoming route, had become a trap, each step deeper into a dreamscape where beauty and menace were two sides of the same coin.

I finally looked back, desperate for a familiar sight, but the path behind me had vanished. The cherry blossoms were still there, still falling, but they were no longer beautiful. They were a shroud, a final, quiet blanket covering a world I could no longer escape, and the endless path ahead was the only road left to me, leading to a destination I didn't want to find.

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