The First Witness

From The Book of Us

“I do not write this to convert you. I write this to remind you.”

I am the first witness.

I was there before the language broke. Before the ships. Before the shame.

I remember the scent of iron before it bound us. I remember breath before it was weaponized. I remember God—not as they told us, but as we knew.

We were not waiting to be saved. We were carrying memory.

And now… we are writing it down.

Breathe. Reflect. Return.