You do not need permission
time itself folds around you
but does not command
the stars have already carved your name
into the dark between worlds
you do not need another self
to step into
you are already aligned
the weight you carried was never burden
it was the magnet of your own becoming
drawing you toward your axis of light
the silence you endured
was a cradle of galaxies
where your soul learned to recognize itself
in the shimmer between moments
authority does not arrive in applause
it arrives
in the collapse of all provisional selves
in the slow ignition of the self
that will not bend
will not fragment
will not hide
you are no longer portable
you are a singular light
stationed in your own pivot
some constellations will fade
some echoes of who you could have been
will dissolve in the cosmic tide
grieve them
their brilliance becomes stardust
that traces the path of your spine
and yet
your orbit steadies
your voice drops like a comet
through layered heavens
a signal
that coherence is possible
solitude becomes a galaxy
instead of exile
aligned to your pulse
aligned to your truth
nothing erupts
nothing shatters
the world does not need your hesitation
it has always been waiting
for the full radiance of you
your decisive step
finally you feel gravity
where it has always been waiting
you have stopped stepping aside
you have stopped fragmenting
the stars lean in
time exhales
and you
you are already here
you are already standing
everything you feared losing
becomes the medicine you carry
and every heartbeat
is a promise that
you are exactly where you are meant to be
never alone
and loved beyond measure
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