Listening

Alone in the silence. 

Alone in the dark. 

I’m listening to the quiet night. 

I’m listening to my heart. 

The world has stepped back, 

far enough to let me 

hear myself exist... 

Here I am

with no liability. 

I can be only me. 

No demands, 

no expectations. 

No cagebuilt rules

pressing against my pulse. 

Waves arrive, 

then leave again... 

Asking nothing. 

Taking nothing. 

The ocean breathes, 

and I breathe with it. 

Unmeasured. 

Unowned. 

My heart keeps time, 

softly... 

As if it doesn’t want

to disturb the dark. 

I am small here, 

but free. 

Held between water and sky. 

No voices, 

no names

no weight to carry... 

Only this moment

where the night listens back, 

and lets me stay... 

Merry

20/01-26