VIRTUE
Silk slips through calloused fingers, each knot tied with patience. Patterns speak of grace, honesty, and hands moving without doubt. Virtue takes its time, settling into every thread, asking only to be held with honor.
Once, a merchant traded his wealth for a single rug, believing silk could teach his sons what gold never could. A woman wove her ancestors’ names into a border, knowing patience was the truest inheritance. Before a king, a rug lay bare of jewels, bare of gold, yet every thread gleamed with the honesty of its making.