Maybe

The longest journey is the turn inward: a poem on self-discovery, healing, and finding peace within.

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Maybe I am meant to be this —

too loud in quiet rooms,

too quiet when it matters.

Maybe I am meant to almost —

almost loved,

almost chosen,

almost enough.

Maybe the universe wrote me in pencil,

hesitated at the edges,

smudged the important parts.

Maybe I feel too much

or maybe I feel wrong —

like everyone else got a manual

and I got instincts.

Maybe I was built for something bigger

but trained to shrink.

Maybe I mistake intensity for depth,

and silence for strength.

Maybe I overthink kindness

and underthink my own worth.

Maybe they didn’t mean it like that.

Maybe I didn’t either.

Maybe I am not complicated —

just scared

of being ordinary.

Maybe the problem isn’t the world.

Maybe it isn’t me.

Maybe it’s just in my head.