I take an intentional break to rediscover my strengths in their most whole form. The transition phase pulls me down like a tide at midnight. The soft hiss of waves slowly drags me into the hypotheticals, revealing the other side of what you thought I knew.

It’s upside down; thoughts, concepts, perceptions, everything seems perfect, but it’s not what I had before. What seemed overwhelming in the beginning, has now become a manageable whirl of possibilities.

I notice strengths multiplying. As days go by, uncertainties slowly creep in. One more week, one more month and that rhyme must be stopped. If prolonged the break will give lessons I didn’t mean to learn.

I’m musing over the right ways while all I had to do is pause, reflect and resume. And I’m wondering if clarity will ever come with more waiting. One step forward after this pause will be my next milestone, I guess.

my heart is that glass,
that breaks and cuts deep;
until every shard echoes justice,
until every crack takes revenge.
I ain’t that mirror,
I don’t reflect anymore;
I’m revealing,
for the very first time-
myself, deliberately.
and in that, I stand
u n b r o k e n.