150: New Here
Some nights it takes
an intentional choice
to stand in a crowded room
full of strangers
and decide
that you’re not lonely.
Actually,
the feeling in your gut
is not grief
or fear,
which is what your body
feeds you first.
Instead,
you tell yourself-
each stranger in this room
is an invitation.
So you shake hands
and you introduce yourself
and you choose to believe that one day
you will walk into this room
and not feel so alone.
And you do all of this on repeat
and you just don’t stop.
This is the bravery I am learning something of.
Some nights, it takes an intentional choice.
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