There’s a moment before emotion
Before it finds a form
Where everything is possible
And nothing is born
I stay right there a little longer
Before the words arrive
Before the heart decides
How to survive
It’s not sadness, not relief
Not joy, not doubt
Just a quiet recognition
Spreading out
I don’t rush to understand it
I don’t pull it close
Some things need to stay undefined
The most
I trust the pause
I trust the wait
Before it becomes a feeling
I stay still
I let the silence
Teach me how to feel
Before it becomes a feeling
I remain
Open enough
To change
The world feels softer from here
Less sharp around the edges
I don’t need a reason
To breathe
Every answer can wait
Every question too
I don’t need to know
What’s true
If this moment never returns
I’ll still know where to find it
Before it becomes a feeling
I let it pass through me
