Tonight, I Miss the Old Me
I don’t know when I changed. Somewhere between learning to survive and learning to stay silent, I misplaced pieces of myself.
I don’t miss who I was — I miss how gently I existed.
Unfiltered thoughts. Quiet nights. Pages no one interrupted.
I don’t know when I changed. Somewhere between learning to survive and learning to stay silent, I misplaced pieces of myself.
I don’t miss who I was — I miss how gently I existed.
I held the words in my mouth until they softened. Some truths are too fragile for sound.
Silence felt kinder than explanation.
No breakthroughs. No tears. Just breathing without bracing myself.
Maybe that counts too.