No smoke now.
Just air.

I don’t flinch when the room gets still
Used to need noise just to feel real
Now silence feel like something earned
Like a lesson finally learned
I don’t drag the past behind
I folded it, kept what applies
No speeches, no final scene
Just me showing up less fractured than I’ve been

I’m still standing
Clean
Still standing
Clean

I stopped explaining my tone
Stopped needing witnesses home
If you weren’t there for the weight
You don’t get to grade the growth
I don’t shine, I don’t sell
I move steady, I move well
Some peace don’t sparkle or scream
It just lets you breathe

I’m still standing (still here)
Clean (clear now)
Still standing
Clean

I don’t chase what I already passed
I don’t relive what didn’t last
Every scar did what it could
Now I move like someone who understood
I don’t need closure wrapped in gold
I closed the door by letting go
No victory lap, no reset screen
Just forward motion — measured, clean

(to self, calm)
You don’t owe pain an encore
You don’t owe survival proof
If it cost you who you were
That doesn’t mean it wasn’t truth
You’re allowed to stand
Without explaining how

I’m still standing (no noise)
Clean (no debt)
Still standing (still here)
Clean

Not louder.
Just lighter.