- Copilarie,parca-ai Fost Mai Ieri - Mihai Ciobanu

The village of his youth felt like a dream held together by the embroidery on his mother’s sleeves. He remembered the heavy weight of the wooden bucket at the well and the way the water tasted of cold stones and stars. There was a specific magic in those long afternoons—the kind where time didn't move in hours, but in the ripening of cherries and the lengthening of shadows across the hills.

As the sun began to dip behind the mountains, painting the sky in strokes of violet and gold, Mihai turned back toward the house. He walked with a lighter step, knowing that as long as he could still smell that mint and hear that phantom flute, the boy he used to be was never truly far away. Mihai Ciobanu - Copilarie,parca-ai fost mai ieri

Mihai stood at the edge of the old orchard, the scent of crushed mint and sun-warmed dust filling his lungs. If he closed his eyes, he wasn't a man with graying temples; he was a barefoot boy running toward the sound of a distant flute. The village of his youth felt like a

"Copilarie," he whispered to the wind, "parca-ai fost mai ieri." As the sun began to dip behind the