Suerza

a tunnel with a light emanating from the end

Suerza

n.
a feeling of quiet amazement that you exist at all; a sense of gratitude that you were even born in the first place, that you somehow emerged alive and breathing despite all odds, having won an unbroken streak of reproductive lotteries that stretches all the way back to the beginning of life itself.

Spanish suerte, luck + fuerza, force. Pronounced “soo-wair-zuh.”

Ellipsism

a hand clawing at a wall

Knellish

a blurry image of a person lying on a bed

Rialtoscuro

a blurry image of a light source

Rookish

a stone tower with a person seated on top

Halfwise

a train coming towards the camera shot from the tracks

On Tenderhooks

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Ledsome

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Immerensis

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Manusia

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Ecsis

a hand holding a fossil

Mithenness

a person standing on the side of a road

Funkenzwangsvorstellung

Funkenzwang-svorstellung

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Ecstatic Shock

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