Architraval Shadow
To span the void between two pillars,
the granite beam must learn to ache
- a heavy, silent grace that stills us,
before the frost demands it break.
Whose line was drawn to measure distance,
whose angle geometric, sheer;
now yields its absolute resistance
to a white patience of the year.
Fractures’ trace finely designed,
draughtsmanship of a cold decay;
where perfect symmetry, aligned,
slowly lets the sky give way...
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