I wanted one interaction that didn’t stay with me afterward

Dear Delyara, That’s all I wanted today. Just one exchange that ended where it happened. No replay. No wondering what I sounded like. No carrying someone else’s tone home like it had been tucked into my coat pocket. No little emotional bruise from something technically ordinary. I think a lot of my exhaustion comes not from big things, but from how many small moments stay in me longer than they should. A slight sharpness, a missing softness, a look I can’t place — all of it becomes residue. Tonight I wanted clean contact. I didn’t really get it. So I came here instead.