WHEN THE GENTLEST WATER CRADLES MY SOUL Calliope Grant Sarmiento is anything but happy. All the cuts and the bruises and the littlest will to live embodied his soul like it's a lost cause-all went down with the fallout of his relationship with a man that saw him for who he is and quietly also with the stillness of the grief that still succumbs him. So when death becomes nothing but comfort to a suffering soul, is it better to let go of the last string of hope or to sting the palms that hold on and fight for one's life? DATE STARTED: June 12, 2026 DATE ENDED: 2026