(inner) spring - Aare, Bern

“Before, during my bleeding, it was as if I was underwater, floating in my bubble - a safe, enclosed world. But now, it's spring. The roots stretch outward, reaching for something new.

Courage rises with the light, and I begin to surface. Slowly, hesitantly—half out, half in. Not fully exposed but no longer hidden either.

The sunrise meets the water, a moment of exchange, where reflection and emergence become one.

I appear - tentative, brave. Emerge, not fully formed, but growing, stretching toward the unknown, ready to bloom.”