Blinkerwall
I tend to write, and I enjoy writing. It helps me organize myself mentally. It also helps others who may be going through a situation similar to mine find a lighthouse to guide their navigation.
And these past few months have been terrible. To me, it came as no surprise — I knew they would be. But not this definitive. And the truest thing about what becomes definitive is that the blow was not merely painful. We suffer every day. But when it is thunderous, it becomes a mental event forever carved into your identity.
Throughout this decade, I learned skills to survive, though not truly to live. Now that I have learned them — because you cannot run before you walk — I can learn to rise. By focusing. No one stops me anymore.
A change of name, moving across continents, and erasing every trace of anyone capable of contaminating me again is already settled. I would rather neutralize you than allow you to poison my next harvest. And with no one left capable of doing so — whether through disappearance or geographic and maritime distance... it smells like calm. And with that, my recovery.
It no longer seems impossible, despite constant discouragement. If you do not speak of it, no one can contaminate it. Except... one person. And that person constantly challenges me, and this is my new approach: give only what is necessary and do one thing at a time.
Not only to recover, but because when you do things with concentration, they turn out exceptionally well. If we divide our focus, even only in two, the result becomes average or mediocre. I am not forced to let my life and work turn out poorly for anyone.
But... I will not say that out loud. Not even in my own mind. Speaking softly is elegant. Those who shout are either desperate or hollow.
Yet one question remains, born from a dynamic I not only live and study, but also contemplate:
What if that person needs more than what an average person can give?
From there, more questions emerge, and by answering them, the bridge slowly completes itself.
I cut my losses in order to prioritize.
Is that person worth it?
By meritocracy, no. They are not. But they hold more value than anyone else. I identify with that person, but there is something more: “we will see each other again when we return home.” The wellbeing of your own, if you are capable of providing it, is not something you deny.
And here comes a realization many people would prefer to frame as a definitive stance, like in every dramatic speech. I do not. Not anymore. I want to change where I can. Because I know there are things I will never be able to change. That is my personal luxury.
There is a vast unknown classification in an old continent. An unfinished region on the map. You cannot categorize what lacks certainty — even less when it changes so much. But once you adapt to it, naturally, you begin to understand what must be done. And if I am well, then naturally, I hope my own will be as well.
I only hope to learn to read timing more accurately. And to possess the greatest resilience, like that hidden wall within the sea.