I’m noticing a shift.

For a long time, I’ve been the one who holds things together when other people don’t. The backup plan, the emotional stabiliser, the one who makes sense when things get chaotic.

But I don’t want to keep doing that. Not because I’m angry or withdrawing. Just because it’s not mine to carry.

Other people’s indecision is theirs. Their moods are theirs. Their consequences are theirs.

I stay here.
I remain myself.
I don’t pick up what isn’t mine.