A lot of people don’t actually need constant reassurance.
They need environments that don’t repeatedly trigger self-monitoring.
There’s a difference.
One calms insecurity temporarily.
The other reduces the need for performance in the first place.
You speak of certainty like the sun
assured you before bed, sleep
baby, I'll be back
tomorrow; like gravity
doesn't #gamble on whether we will
jump; like the day won't
come when it's one
mile too many
for you.
#vss365
I reach toward people with open hands, but the distance stays.
I carry kindness I cannot always translate, and words arrive too late.
Still, I keep showing up,
hoping one day friendship will feel
like a language I can speak.