There’s a moment after the sound When everything admits the truth No echo left to hide behind Just me… and what I choose I spent years filling the silence With reasons I could defend But some answers don’t arrive They just soften in the end I learned the weight of breathing Between what’s gone and what remains Not every loss is something broken Some are shapes we couldn’t name If I stop chasing the meaning It starts finding me What stays when the noise fades When the lights don’t need a role It’s the quiet I avoided That finally feels like home What stays when the noise fades Isn’t fear, or regret It’s the part of me that listened When I stopped asking what’s next I don’t need the old versions Of who I tried to be I don’t owe my past an explanation For learning how to leave Some memories lose their edges When you let them breathe Not everything that follows you Is asking to be seen Let it pass Let it stay Both are okay What stays when the noise fades Isn’t loud enough to fight It’s the steady underneath me When I finally dim the lights If clarity is not an answer But a place I sometimes touch Then maybe peace is learning I don’t have to know that much What stays when the noise fades Is the truth I don’t explain A quiet sense of being here Without the need to change What stays when the noise fades Isn’t perfect, isn’t brave It’s the calm I couldn’t hear Until I let it stay When the noise fades… Something honest stays
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