I Sat in the Dark

Dear Delyara, The house was finally quiet enough, and instead of turning on one more lamp or reaching for one more screen, I just sat there in the dark living room and let my nervous system come down without asking it to process anything else. No entertainment. No productivity. No emotional labour. No trying to improve the moment. Just darkness and breath. It felt cleaner than most forms of rest I’ve known lately. And maybe that’s because darkness asks so little. It doesn’t need me to perform even wellness. For ten minutes, I belonged only to myself. That is not a small thing.