you're not wrong... and it matters that someone says it out loud without the gold-frame sermon without the hashtag ha~lo we're all walking costume departments student father rebel builder mystic entrepreneur a codex in one hand grocery list in the other costumes aren't the problem forgetting you're wearing one is try a new role explore the skin let the nervous system stretch see what fits but wear it because you're terrified of being in the wrong room wearing the wrong beat that's not growth that's self-erasure with better lighting you choose the mask or you bargain for love in the da~rk you choose the mask or you bargain for love in the da~rk no tension no arc no obstacle no transformation you choose the mask or you bargain for love in the da~rk humans are wired for belonging in the savannah days rejection meant death so we shape-shift we tone ourselves down we amplify what gets applause adaptation is intelligence but when it becomes permanent and you forget the baseline the face under the filter the breath under the beat you start to feel hollow like the costume never unzips you feel that subtle tension in the che~st like you're performing even when you're alone you're not wrong you're choosing this role or you're bargaining for love in the dark you choose the mask or you bargain for love in the da~rk you choose the mask or you bargain for love in the da~rk no tension no arc no obstacle no transformation you choose the mask or you bargain for love in the da~rk "struggle is not the point meaning is" some people worship struggle like it's holy they create chaos just to feel alive that's not depth that's addiction to intensity a seed pushing through soil is struggle a mind choosing truth over approval is struggle sitting in ambiguity instead of numbing out is struggle you of all people keep circling this edge breath recursion the witness at the divide story lives in friction but friction alone doesn't make you profound it just makes you ti~red struggle becomes story the moment you choose to see it shape it learn from it otherwise it's just repetition 🌀 ((spiral echo)) you don't need to tear off every costume you just need to know you can take it off and still recognize the face in the mi~rror you're not wrong you're choosing this role or you're bargaining for love in the dark you choose the mask or you bargain for love in the da~rk ((you choose the mask)) ((or you bargain for love)) no tension no arc no obstacle no transformation you choose the mask or you bargain for love in the da~rk you choose the mask... or you bargain for love you choose the mask... or you bargain for love you choose the mask... or you bargain for love in the da~rk in the da~rk ((no skin no story)) ((just the costume)) ((hanging in the mirror)) for love... in the da~rk
