No Proving

I noticed the pull to explain it.

To say it out loud in a way that would make sense to someone else.
To soften it.
To shape it into something more acceptable.

Not because it changed, but because I wanted it to be received.

This is where I pause again.

What I saw does not need to be proven.

It doesn’t need agreement.
It doesn’t need validation.
It doesn’t need to be understood by anyone else to remain true.

So I stay with it.

Without explaining.
Without defending.
Without turning it into something easier to hold.

There is a quiet strength here.

Not in holding tightly,
but in not moving away.

I let it be mine.

Unspoken if needed. Unconfirmed if it must be.

Still true.

And in that, something settles deeper. Not because I did more, but because I stopped trying to make it make sense outside of me.

Resist the urge to explain. Stay with what you know.

Prompt: Where am I trying to prove something instead of resting in what I know?