11/23/2025
I walk between extremes each day—bright fire, then frozen stone,
Trying to balance all the versions of myself I’ve never known.
They tell me “choose the light,” but they don’t grasp the weight I bear,
How the sun can burn me senseless and the night can strip me bare.
So I take my quiet hours, where despair feels soft and real,
And I learn that sometimes simply breathing is all I can do to heal. 🖤