I don’t need a sign.
I’m already moving.

Street don’t echo like it used to
Same steps, different shoes though
I’m not looking back for proof
I know what I carried through
Hands free, shoulders light
Not because it’s easy — because it’s right
Some weight don’t fall, it fades
When you stop asking it to stay

I’m still walking
While it’s quiet

No headlines chasing me
No mirror trying to grade me
If they ask how I’m doing now
I don’t sharpen it, I say “steady”
I don’t rush the open road
I don’t need it paved in gold
Some endings don’t close tight
They just stop hurting when you walk right

I’m still walking while it’s quiet
No applause, no demand
I don’t need the noise to guide it
I trust where I stand
If the past calls, I decline it
If the future waits, that’s fine
I’m still walking while it’s quiet
And that feels like mine

(to self, calm)
You don’t need closure
You need direction
And you already chose it

I’m still walking while it’s quiet (still moving)
No rush, no sign (still true)
I don’t need the world to hear it
I hear me just fine
If it never gets louder
I’ll still know I arrived
I’m still walking while it’s quiet
And that feels like mine

No finish line.
Just forward.