Quiet Distance

One day the walls that raised me
begin to feel smaller,

The streets I once thought were endless
become familiar paths
I’ve already walked,

So I leave,

I step beyond comfort
into a world that does not know my name,
the nights are lonelier,
the roads uncertain,
and some days feel heavier than I expected,

I stumble,
I question myself,
I learn how strong I really am,

Slowly, the fear fades,
the struggles become lessons,
the person I was begins to change,

And one day I realize
the hardest step was leaving,

Because somewhere along the way
between doubt and discovery,
I became someone new.