And I Breathed

She receives his message but chooses to pause and breathe before deciding. For the first time, she's choosing her own pace instead of reacting from fear.

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The message glows upon my sill,
you ask to meet, to want me more.
My fingers hover, standing still—
I hear old keys and closing door.

He promised once, then walked me thin;
she promised heat, then burned me cold.
I count the rooms I've kept within—
but now I'm counting what I hold.

I breathed on purpose, slow this time,
no rush to write the final line.
I breathed with phone down, looking wide,
maybe this time I will decide.
And I breathed.

I think of nights I couldn't sleep,
the married ring, the borrowed lives;
the winter scarf I chose to keep,
the quiet note that didn't cry.

I'm not a story to be fixed,
I'm not a fire to be fed.
If you are real, we'll walk unmixed—
no ghost demands inside my head.

I place the phone upon the glass,
let morning take what night can't hide.
If love is love, it doesn't pass—
it waits, it breathes, it stands beside.

I breathed like never felt before,
air that's mine and nothing more.
I breathed with nothing left to hide,
maybe this time I will decide.
And I breathed.