becoming whole

  • The Cathedral of Two

    There are two of us living beneath my skin. He arrived first to every war. She stayed behind to rememberwhat we were fighting for. He is iron beneath the tongue,the locked jaw,the hand that does not shakeeven when the rest of the world is burning. He learned strength without boundaries. So he became very goodat…

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  • The university library was almost empty. The fluorescent lights hummed overhead. Rain tapped softly against the windows. Somewhere in the distance a printer coughed out pages nobody would read twice. She sat alone at a wooden table buried beneath notebooks, highlighters, half-drunk coffee, and a stack of books that had become progressively stranger over the…

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  • Take a deep breath.Close your eyes.Let the noise fall away. Right now, it’s just you. Listen closely.There’s a voice living in the quiet spaces.Not the loud one you use for the world.The softer one.The one that speaks between the lines. It’s been trying to reach you. This moment isn’t random.It’s a riddle unfolding.A conversation waiting…

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  • No one pulls you aside and warns you that growth is going to sting. They sell you the polished version. The after photo. The glow. The peace. What they don’t show you is the quiet room where you sit alone after realizing you’ve outgrown the people who once felt like home. Growth comes with goodbyes.…

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  • The Weight of Nothing Missing

    Tell me what it feels like to search for somethingwhen nothing is lost. Tell me what it feels like to winwhen there is no opponent. What does it feel like to arrivewhen you never left? It is not fireworks.It is not applause.It is not the loud declaration of a healed story. It is the absence…

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  • Valentine’s Day. Everyone celebrates the fairy tale.But no one asks how the queen earned her crown. Let me ask you something. What burns, but does not die?What loses everything and still walks away with more?What dines at tables it built, only to be left hungry, yet refuses to starve? The queen of hearts didn’t wake…

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