by smallscale
· 27/04/2026
Published 27/04/2026 13:29
Fingers shake, the paper folds,
a letter folded tight with doubt.
The chair creaks in empty café,
coffee cools, no words spill out.
Relief is a tangled knot
woven with a thread of fear,
the weight of leaving behind
what held you so long near.
Sometimes quitting is a door
that opens wide, then closes fast,
a lesson learned in silence—
freedom only meant to last.
#fear #freedom #letting go #personal transformation #quitting
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