acceptance – The Infinite Starr

August 18, 2026

The Reader

Some people are merely reading the chapters of their life as they are exposed, not everyone can be a writer. There is something unsettling about realizing you have been holding the book upside down. You thought the blank pages meant you were supposed to fill them. You thought the pen belonged to you. It never…

The Mourning Room

At some point you have all the answers and then those answers disappear quickly leaving an empty space where comfort once lived. Nobody knew exactly why the room was called the Mourning Room. Perhaps because of the black velvet curtains hanging over windows tall enough to belong in a cathedral. Perhaps because of the ancient…

The Ones Who Never Graduate

Some souls never leave the classroom.They stay seated long after the lights go out, long after the world has moved on to easier subjects.They can’t stop studying the equation of pain — trying to solve for why. They tell themselves they’re growing, but what they’re really doing is translating the same lesson into a thousand…