The towering evergreens in the Evergreen State stand as symbols of resilience and perseverance. Lumi quietly soaks in every lesson they offer.
The forest stands without applause.
No audience admires
the patient roots
or counts the hidden rings.
The evergreens ask for nothing.
They bend with winter winds,
hold snow like borrowed silence,
and welcome spring without boast.
Lumi surveys the hushed expanse
expecting strength
to look like towering mountains
or roaring storms.
Instead,
strength smells of pine,
speaks in quiet needles,
and stays
when seasons forget to be kind.
Not every day is filled with sunlight.
Not every season blooms.
Yet the trees remain,
ever green against gray,
proof that resilience
is not the absence of hardship;
It is the courage to keep growing
when no one is watching.
As hard as the journey may seem and as gloomy as the skies may look, those who keep waddling forward will one day stand tall, look back on the winding path behind them, and smile at the distance they have traveled.
Episode 3: Pause. Smell the Awakening
Episode 0: I Am Lumi
Episode 1: Every Journey Begins With A Drop