Words

Sometimes the feeling comes first.
Sometimes it takes a while to name it.
Either way, it doesn't need to be rushed.

Not Because I Had To

January 2026

Sometimes staying isn't weakness — it's curiosity. Not a surrender, just a moment where instinct wins and you let something unfold, knowing you could walk away at any time.

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pause

January 2025

Some thoughts only show up once everything else stops talking. I don't chase them anymore. If they stay, I write them down. If they leave, I let them go.

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on staying

December 2024

There's a kind of quiet that comes after something leaves. Not peace exactly. More like the space where sound used to be. You get used to it eventually. Or maybe you just stop noticing.

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before the song

November 2024

Most of what I write never becomes music. It stays in notebooks, half-finished. That's fine. Not everything needs to be heard.

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