I was hanging on by a thread
Thin
Frayed
Already whispering its warnings
Each time the weight shifted
You know that feeling
When you’re holding everything Together
With one trembling strand
Hoping it doesn’t snap
Before you find a place to rest
But it did
It broke
Not loud
Not dramatic
Just a soft
Cruel pop
That only I could hear
And suddenly the world tilted
All the things I’d been balancing
Fell through my hands
Scattering like dropped glass
I didn’t fall apart
Not exactly
But something opened
Something gave way
Something I’d been gripping
Too tightly for too long.
Sometimes the thread breaking
Isn’t the disaster
It’s the truth
The moment you finally see
How heavy it all was
How impossible it was
To keep holding on alone