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The ground was tired.

It bore the weight of bro­ken promis­es, failed sys­tems, and ne­glect­ed peo­ple. Foot­steps of frus­tra­tion had worn deep paths in­to its soil, the dust ris­ing like silent tes­ti­mo­ny to the un­rest. The na­tion stood on weary earth—com­mu­ni­ties that once bus­tled with pride now gripped by fear, un­cer­tain­ty, and de­spair.

The ground was sad­dened.