Before he had the words for it, he knew the place was different.
On a warm school day in 1975, a boy steps off a bus expecting another park, swings, noise, teachers calling names. Instead he finds quiet paths, drifting light, and peacocks that move as if they belong to another world entirely.
Nothing extraordinary happens.
And yet, something does.
Sanctuary is a gentle remembrance of the first moment a child senses meaning without understanding it, and how certain places stay alive inside us long after childhood ends.