I'm Here Now

I was standing in the quiet when the noise let go.

Every step I didn't take still led me home. There's a wait in the moment,

but it doesn't pull me down. It just tells me I'm here now.

This is the first time I can't feel the ground. No need to

run now. I'm not lost, I'm found. This is the first time I

don't need a sign. I'm not chasing what was never mine.

All the words I never said still hang in the air, like they knew

I'd come back when I was ready to care. I let the silence answer