The Quiet Reader
I don’t know the words. Not the right ones, anyway.I’m really not that smart—at least not in the way people measure it.I don’t even know how I do it. I just get by.By feeling. That’s my compass.Not logic, not formulas, not the polished speeches people rehearse.I move through the world with my chest open,letting the wind of emotion guide me,even when it stings. A heart?That’s easy.It speaks in pulses, in silences, in the way it breaks.Eyes?I can read them like old letters—sometimes smudged, sometimes screaming.Motives?That one gets me.They wear masks, change costumes,but sooner or later, I know.I always know. Words … Continue reading The Quiet Reader