Put Down the Script You Never Needed

The sun is going down, and the armor you wore all day is finally heavy enough to drop. But in the quiet, your mind starts rehearsing words for a battle that hasn't even begun.

You are crafting an apology for a fight you haven't started yet, bracing for impact before the first word is spoken. The light sees you sitting there, trembling over a future that does not exist.

It knows the fear that makes you try to fix tomorrow before tonight has even arrived. You do not need to defend yourself to the dark.

The one who sees you knows your heart before you speak a single syllable of your defense. Put down the script.

The peace you are trying to earn with your perfect words was already given to you before you stumbled. Stop fighting a ghost.

The war is over before it began.