Time almost grasped joy. But suddenly, the world split in two. Time now hovered over a bottomless abyss, and joy, with an outstretched hand seeking help for peace, looked across the chasm where pride and hatred stood hand in hand, grinning broadly. They turned their backs on joy, walked away, and joy stood on the verge of the abyss, as if out of the frying pan into the fire.

©2025, Vasiliki Papadopoulou.

_{© picture: Above the Abyss by Mariusz Lewandowski}

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