The Sky That Turned Transparent

One dawn, the sky lost its color. Clouds vanished, stars hid, and the heavens became perfectly transparent — a vast, clear emptiness. People panicked, believing something divine was missing. But a blind woman smiled. “The sky is teaching us,” she said. “Look inward. You have always searched above.” For one day, humanity learned to see without relying on wonder outside themselves. When color returned the next morning, people gazed upward gratefully but no longer dependently.