Day 97: The Point of No Return

Anyone who gets close to me knows how deep I am. How heavy I can get… and most people cannot stay with that for long. I have gotten so used to things fizzling out that it has become normal for me to assume the excitement would fade once someone got to know me. It sounds almost juvenile to still worry about things like that, but because of the depth I can go to, I do worry about it. That is what I have known. That is what I am used to. So, when people actually stay, honestly and openly, without me having to point out what I already see, it still surprises me. I had become fine with the usual outcome.

Or at least, I thought I had…

Quiet Part Day 97: There are moments when the signal feels small until I realize it has already changed the whole sky. By then, whatever it touched in me is already irreversible. Persistence is not always about pushing forward. Sometimes it’s about not pulling away.

April 7th, 2026

The extended reflection continues just beyond this point in The Inner Archive: Day 97: The Point of No Return