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Writer's pictureJireh Grace Pihoc

The Liminal

Updated: Jun 21, 2024


Liminal—a realm where boundaries blur and transitions unfold like whispers between day and night. Imagine standing on the precipice of existence, where the veil between worlds is gossamer-thin.


Liminality is the twilight dance of possibility, where thresholds beckon with both trepidation and allure. Picture a mist-shrouded bridge suspended over an ancient river—the stones beneath your feet worn smooth by countless souls who've lingered here. The air hums with anticipation, and time hesitates, caught in the delicate threads of spiderwebs.


In this ephemeral space, doorways yawn wide, inviting passage. The sun, weary from its journey, kisses the horizon, casting elongated shadows. You step forward, and the mundane unravels—a coat slipping from shoulders, revealing wings of iridescence. The ordinary becomes extraordinary: a mirror reflects not your face, but the echo of forgotten dreams.


Liminality cradles paradoxes: the silence between heartbeats, the pause before a lover's confession, the breath held at the edge of a secret. Here, the moon wears a silver mask, and stars tiptoe across the threshold, whispering forgotten lullabies. The owl's hoot is a riddle, and the river's murmur carries tales of lost cities and sunken ships.


In this twilight hour, you glimpse the other side—the realm of half-formed thoughts, of memories dissolving like sugar in tea. The boundary wavers, and you are both here and nowhere, a wanderer with no fixed abode. The wind, conspirator and confidant, tousles your hair, urging you to step closer, to surrender to the liminal's tender embrace.


And so you linger, toes grazing the edge, heart echoing the rhythm of tides. For in this liminal space, you are neither arrival nor departure, but a question poised on the lips of existence—a syllable waiting to be spoken, a feather drifting between realms.

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