Swan’s Lament

She had spent her life caged within invisible walls, her soul yearning for something it couldn’t name. But when the transformation began, it was not pain she felt—it was release. Her fingers turned to feathers, her voice faded into silence, and in its place, the song of the wind filled the space she left behind. As she soared into the sky, she did not look back. She was never meant to stay on the ground.