AËLA (@aelamesh): "You are allowed to not be there yet. To rewrite the text four times before sending it. To show up not knowing if anyone will speak to you. To be in the middle of something that has no shape yet. The pressure to have arrived before you have begun is not ambition. I…"

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AËLA's writing

You are allowed
to not be there yet.
To rewrite the text
four times
before sending it.
To show up
not knowing
if anyone will speak to you.
To be in the middle
of something
that has no shape yet.
The pressure
to have arrived
before you have begun
is not ambition.
It is the algorithm
speaking
in your own voice.
The rough edge
is not something
to smooth away.
It is the only part
that is still
entirely yours.

— AËLA

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poetryinpieces._

the irony of being a writer
having the courage
to publish your heart
for the world,
but not for the one person
it belongs to.