The Red Flower: A Sacred Beginning

 

Before stories had names, the world was light and water. At its quiet centre she slept beneath the sea — always there, dreaming in a place where there seemed more sky than salt. The ocean held her, and her dreaming set the rhythm of the tides.

A serpent came — radiant, many-coloured, gentle. He moved with the calm of something long understood. Drawn by love rather than longing, he touched the sleeping woman, and from that simple meeting, life stirred.

Across the hills above, a single red flower opened — not forbidden, simply beautiful. From its heart a child was born, a boy bright and kind, carrying the scent of wind and petals.

The woman rose from the deep; the serpent glided beside her. They found the child at the flower’s edge. No words were needed. Together they stepped onto the Earth — not leaving paradise, but carrying it with them. It was a widening, a first discovery, a good beginning.

And the Earth, like an old friend, welcomed them home.