The Truth Beneath
Stories written in the quiet hours, when the world softens and it feels like ours for a while. Posting on the 14th of each month

How Silence Becomes a Decision Making Tool

☕ Coffee and Quiet with Derek Wolf
How Silence Becomes a Decision Making Tool
She stepped onto the fishing pier just after sunrise, when the air carried a clean chill that woke every sense at once.
A thin layer of ocean mist drifted across the wood planks, softening the horizon into a pale ribbon of light.

The Sky Between Them

Coffee and Quiet with Derek Wolf
The Sky Between Them
Morning opened soft over the airfield.
The sky above Oahu was pale and endless, the kind of blue that feels like invitation and warning at once.

The Sisters

☕ Coffee and Quiet with Derek Wolf
The Sisters
Morning arrived gently over Waikiki.
The sky held that soft blue that appears before the sun climbs high, and the sand still carried the cool of the night.
Two sisters stood barefoot at the edge of the water.
Bright boards rested beside them, colors sharp against the pale shore.
Waves rolled in and folded back, steady and patient, as if the sea already understood what the day would ask of them.

When the World Forgot How to Live

☕ Coffee and Quiet with Derek Wolf
When the World Forgot How to Live
The morning was still. Light moved across the kitchen floor in thin gold lines. She stood by the window, holding a cup that had lost its warmth, watching a neighbor hurry past with earbuds in and eyes down. The world moved quickly now, faster than the body could follow. She felt the pull of it, the steady hum that called itself progress but offered little rest.
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