The Great Descent [WHAT STAYED] — Embers Fire

I don't remember coming here Nobody does. One minute nothing, I can call mine. Next thing a room,a face,a voice, a whole damn life around me. They had questions. I had none. They were looking ahead. I wasn't looking anywhere. No meaning. No plan. No clue. Just a beginning that became my life. Then somewhere, the fog starts giving things edges. Faces become familiar. Voices become places. I don't know when it happened. No announcement. No big moment. Just I knew who I wanted when the room got strange. Knew whose voice could pull me back. Knew the difference between being alone and being without them. That's the part nobody has to explain. You just know. And once you know, you don't wanna let go. Then time said, "Alright, keep up." Years slid, Things shifted. Same people, different faces. Same love, different distance. Nobody tells you how fast that shit moves. One day, they're right there. Next, you're looking back like damn, when did all that go? No big speech. No neat little ending. Life just keeps moving. People stop gathering. Rooms get quieter. Days lose, their little rituals. And you keep going. Not because you figured it all out. Just because that's what time does. It takes the beginning, runs it through years, and leaves you with what stayed