The Sky That Opened Twice
Hope, Given a Second Chance
One night, the sky unexpectedly filled with two overlapping auroras—a double display of colors shimmering like layered dreams. People said the second aurora was for the hopes they’d abandoned. A girl whispered a wish she’d let go years before, and the colors brightened as if answering her. Sometimes, life gives you a second sky.
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