I learned how to let go early Before I knew what I was needing Was already holding myself up When she asked me to leave it To defy, to cave, both, became its echo This Echo lived as me I learned to read the room by breath when it felt safe to confess Hiding what I wanted till their permission said yes When the needs finally found their sound the moments already ceased Carried anger like static 'cause no grounded place could land it I threw the comfort out and left behind the body too The Confuser, nemesis, became my will's command I learned to exit quietly, nothing left to de-fend Arriving felt like risk, so leaving easy in the end Desire rises, beyond permission, without rehearsal, without proof No longer stuck by reflecting pools, turning toward what answers too I didn’t fail ideals, not perfection This need is finally mine to have I arrived, this was meant to be The echo freed, resonates in me To not defy, not comply, not confuse But to amplify The echo in me And reach between The echo in thee
