One Thread

One Thread is one of Teren’s songs from Skypiercer, a novel I have been trying to write since I was a teenager. It’s about that moment when everything around you starts falling apart at once — doctors with more questions than answers, tests that leave you sick, surgeries that don’t fix what they were supposed to fix, losing work you loved because other people got tired of waiting for you to recover — and still finding one tiny thing to hold onto. This one is very close to me. I’ve been fighting for my life, dealing with major medical complications, undergoing cancer screenings, and trying to keep moving while everything familiar has been shifting under my feet. The worst part was nearly loosing half of my blood volume and having to have blood transfusions. I'm still emotional about that. The worst part is that I am doing it all alone. I don't have someone to hold my hand anymore. Some days, the only people who seem to know exactly what to say are the men in my head. So this is Teren on a very bad day for him. His lover is dying. So there he is, not promising everything will be okay. Not demanding bravery from her. Just holding the other end of the thread to keep her going. Skypiercer Written by io nephele Music created with Suno If all you can do today is hold on to one small thing, let that be enough. AI disclosure: This song uses AI-assisted music generation through Suno, and the accompanying artwork was AI-generated. The lyrics, Skypiercer story context, characters, and creative direction are human-made.