The Quiet Man
Symbol: The Witness Mark
A small dot, keyhole, or single eye within or beneath the flame—something barely visible that still says: “I’ve always been watching. I just didn’t know if I was allowed to speak.”
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You don’t talk about it much.
Maybe no one ever asked.
Maybe you learned early that being quiet was how you stayed safe—
or strong,
or respected,
or just… unnoticed.
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But silence isn’t the same as peace.
And holding it together isn’t the same as being whole.
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There’s something under the surface—
an ache,
a story,
a pulse
that’s never been named.
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You might not have the words for it.
But you feel it.
In your chest.
In your jaw.
In the way you sometimes disappear from your own life without leaving the room.
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This is your return.
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Not to noise.
Not to performance.
To presence.
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You don’t have to explain everything.
You don’t have to be emotional.
You don’t have to undo everything that’s made you quiet.
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But you are allowed to want something more.
More than being useful.
More than being “fine.”
More than managing alone.
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You are not too late.
You are not invisible.
You are not broken.​
You are still here.
And there is a flame inside you that remembers how to speak.*​