Silence used to feel like losing.
Like the other person won because you didn't fire back.
Now it feels like keeping something for yourself.
Not every question is curiosity.
Some are just doors people want you to open so they can walk through and rearrange.
You don't owe anyone a tour of your thinking.
The people who matter will watch what you do.
The ones who don't will keep asking why.
Let them wonder.
Your reasons don't need witnesses.
Your choices don't need a defence.
Some ideas are better kept close.
Not because they're wrong.
Because they're yours.
