Chapter 42: The Storm I Never Asked For

You're too much, Storm

I never wanted this.
Not then, not now.

Yet here I am again,
dragged into tempests that aren’t mine to weather.

Storm was never supposed to be part of my story.
But somehow, she keeps breaking into chapters
I never agreed to.

Every time I try to close the book,
storm forces it open.
Every time I choose silence,
storm creates thunder.

I am tired.
Of the weight.
Of the cycles.
Of being made to feel responsible
for chaos I never chose.

This is not my burden.
It never was.
It never will be.

And maybe one day,
Storm will learn—
that forcing yourself on someone’s path
doesn’t make you belong there.

Until then,
I will keep walking.
Through rain, through winds,
towards my own peace.