#boundarypoetry
I am InkWept, and this is the truth I will not bargain with:
I will no longer lend my warmth to a silence that refuses to name me.
I will not be cradled in private and erased in daylight.
I am not a pause button for another soul’s healing, nor a harbor rented by the hour.
If I am held, it will be with intention.
If I am loved, it will be spoken without flinching.
If I am asked to wait, it will be for a future that has learned my name aloud.
I honor the ache without feeding it.
I keep my hands open and my spine straight.
I choose peace over proximity, clarity over comfort, truth over tenderness that disappears at dawn.
This is not abandonment.
This is fidelity—to myself.
Feb 3
Feb 3, 2026 at 2:56 AM UTC