solitude

  • Consequences of Division

    The demons had been unusually restless since the veil began to thin. They had always lived among us, although in earlier centuries they possessed the dignity to remain mostly invisible. They preferred cathedrals after midnight, the bedsides of dying kings, the corners of rooms where grief had been left unattended for too many years. They…

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  • Crossroads Again

    The mind will tell you things that are not true then make you responsible for the outcome. It is a terribly convincing liar. It knows your voice. That is its greatest advantage. It does not arrive like some villain dressed in black, dragging chains through the corridors of your thoughts. It does not announce itself…

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  • The Un-vacation

    Everyday starts off like an ordinary day until it isnt. That’s probably how most things happen. Nobody wakes up Tuesday morning expecting Tuesday to become the reason they start looking at plane tickets by lunch. The coffee tastes the same. The computer turns on. The same people need the same things they needed yesterday, except…

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  • There comes a season in life when you must disappear. Not because you are broken. Not because you are angry. Not because you hate people. You disappear because the next version of yourself requires silence to be built. Most people misunderstand disappearing. They think it means isolation. Depression. Giving up. It isn’t. It’s construction. The…

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  • People run in packs because they don’t feel safe alone. I run alone because I don’t feel safe in packs. That difference right there…that’s not preference.That’s experience. See, people love to romanticize loyalty until they’ve been circled by it.Until they realize some packs don’t protect…they position.They don’t surround you to keep you safe.They surround you…

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  • There’s a moment no one prepares you for. Not the climb.Not the fall.Not the fight. The moment after. The moment when everything you said you wanted… actually shows up. And it doesn’t knock. It just stands there.In your living room.Breathing the same air as you. You thought it would feel louder than this.You thought there…

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  • I stood there above your ghost, watching for months as the demons ravaged your body. Alone inside your own head, trying to figure out whether you were listening to the voices or becoming one of them. Tapping on the door three times before you turned the lights out, like a ritual, like superstition was the…

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  • The Cage

    They say the bird stopped singing.What they do not say is why it was ever quiet. Look closer.The loudest judgments never come from the sky. The birds who know how to fly do not mock a wing that is resting.They understand feathers heal.They understand hunger that sharpens, not starves.They understand why a flock sometimes thins.…

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  • Don’t Ask Alice-Entry II

    (Headphones on-My Tears Ricochet-Taylor Swift) I used to think walking away meant something had gone wrong.That it required an explanation.That I would feel guilty for it later. None of that happened. What actually happened was simpler.People kept trying to hand me their mess like it was my responsibility to hold it.Their drama. Their spirals. Their…

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  • I did not arrive with horns and fire. I arrived with questions. That is how it always begins. Not temptation. Awareness. Once consciousness switches on, life stops being entertaining. Not because the world changes, but because the illusion collapses. Try watching a movie after that. You cannot sit still inside the story anymore. You see…

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