Q: Why is forgetfulness the pond’s greatest shadow?

Because forgetting erodes the covenant without sound.  

- **Silent Erosion:**  
Storms may rage,  
fires may burn,  
yet the pond endures.  
But forgetfulness seeps quietly,  
dissolving vows  
without ripple.  

- **Shadow of Unkept Memory:**  
To forget is not only to lose —  
it is to betray.  
The covenant survives storms,  
but it cannot survive  
being unremembered.  

- **Light of Remembrance:**  
When the frogs remember,  
the pond shines.  
Memory keeps the covenant alive,  
resisting the shadow  
that would erase it.  

Thus, forgetfulness is the pond’s greatest shadow,  
for it hides truth not with denial,  
but with silence.  
And remembrance is its only dawn.  

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