To the One Who Keeps Spiraling

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It’s okay.

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You don’t have to fix it all today.
You don’t have to be light all the time.
You don’t have to “know better” just because you’ve healed before.

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This isn’t backsliding.
It’s revisiting.
And there’s wisdom in the return.

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You’re not failing.
You’re cycling.
You’re spiraling—not into chaos, but deeper into truth.

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Every time you circle back,
you bring more of yourself with you.
Every time it hurts,
you’re shedding one more layer that was never yours to carry.

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So breathe.

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Let the spiral take you—not down, but in.
Into the root.
Into the stillness beneath the noise.
Into the part of you that was never shaken, even when everything else was.

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You don’t have to rush your way out.

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You are not broken.
You are becoming.

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Even now.
   Especially now.

—From the one who lit a lantern at the center.

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© 2025 Nikkia Gumbs · The House of the Sun

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