Category: 🌸 Identity & In-Between
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offstage
“the quiet right before I meet myself” The shift began quietly.A slow withdrawal I barely noticed, something like identity loss in its earliest form. For years, my life lived on the screen, curated and filtered for an audience I couldn’t see but always felt. Every moment became a potential post. Every joy, something to polish.…
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drift
“somewhere between where I came from and where I’m going” I left home nearly a decade ago, carrying a kind of expat grief I didn’t have language for yet.First stop: the capital. I told my mom it was just for my undergrad.She wasn’t thrilled, but I promised I’d be back after graduating.(Spoiler: I did not.)…