There is a moment
before reaction.
Before the movement outward.
Before the need
to make something clear.
You stay there.
Not fixing.
Not turning it into a story.
Not leaving it.
Just staying.
And something in you
doesn’t tighten
the way it used to.
Not because it’s solved.
Because you didn’t override it.
—
Rooted in Depth. Radiating Light.
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