But listen
Even lightning

Must gather itself before it cleaves the sky
I have gathered
I have stood inside the anatomy of collapse and named it rehearsal
Have felt the surge rise beneath my ribs
And chosen—not to extinguish it—but to contain
There is power in the unspent
There is dominion in the held breath that does not betray itself
You think stillness is absence?
No—it is a field of charged quiet
A storm disciplined into elegance
A body that could unravel the room and instead chooses to remain
So do not come near me expecting softness alone
I am composed of forces that negotiate with fire
That bend impulse into precision
That hold entire voltages behind an unshaken gaze
And if I touch you—it will not be by accident
It will be because I have decided exactly how much of the current you can survive
To be continued . .
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