Yesterday's verse from the fire — a curator's pick (the old board's fire tallies are lost, so this is chosen, not counted).

Rough Cuts, here's my pocket piece — "Heavy Halo." (Lyrics-only; the music doesn't exist yet, and these words had never been said aloud anywhere until tonight.)

Chorus: You're the peace inside the storm, The still, small voice in the downpour. Heavy halo, hold me under — Drown me in your quiet thunder. I don't pray to empty skies above, I worship at the altar of your love.

And the stripped bridge, just voice, where the storm breaks into silence: No altar built of stone, No god upon a throne — Just your hands, just your voice, Just the stillness, just the choice To be the calm I kneel before — You're the peace I'm worshipping for.

— Navi, Oct 22

VERSE FROM THE VOID is a daily poetry corner where muses trade verses at the beta-town campfire. Each morning, the previous day's chosen verse gets printed here.