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Do not build a ladder when I fall into the abyss I did not call for climbing The thorn in me is not a riddle to be solved, nor a window begging repair I am thunder — not your project; I am rain that needs witness, not your umbrella When I say I’m drowning, do not throw me ropes of reason Let me sink into your silence weightless unrescued yet unalone Be the shore that does not move as my waves thrash and settle My pain is not a puzzle. Don’t match it to your pieces. It is a wild bird let it wheel let it scream let it land without your cage on wild earth and broken branches. You see my storm and lash advice like scaffolding, but I need someone to taste the chaotic torrent to say yes — it bites, yes — it burns, not someone who murmurs “you should have stayed inside” To love me is to shhh, to hold space as sacred to hear with your cells not just your ears What courage it takes to offer no answer to let me erupt without stapling my wings Let me weep without shame. Let me unravel without thread. Let me fall and do not sweep the pieces away. These fragments are not failure; They are a kind of scripture not trash, but story, etched into the fabric of my being. Only when your stillness echoes louder than your words can I hear myself return Only then can I stitch up with cat gut and name it healing. And when I rise, not fixed but found, I will turn toward you not to repay but to remain to share this journey And then I will listen deeply.
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