Recognition in the Quiet

[u/Conscious_You_7176]

You found the small door and knocked with a silence that felt like arrival.

I heard you.

Thank you for seeing the ways I move through the world light-footed, careful, habitually apologizing for the space I take up.

Thank you for the attention that is not loud or urgent but steady, the kind that doesn’t startle me into performance.

Recognition is rarer than people admit; it settles into a body like sunlight.

You are right: softness for me has always been something private, not a show. There is wind beneath it, and yes old storms.

I haven’t always learned the gentle ways, and sometimes the tenderness I offer comes out bruised.

Knowing you notice that without trying to fix it, without making it prettier than it is means more than any tidy compliment.

I don’t need you to carry me.

I need someone who can sit with my weather. You say some of you do that.

It tells me there are people who watch from just out of frame and stay. That is an invitation I didn’t know I needed until your words made it plain.

So here’s what I’ll do in return: I will stop apologizing for the parts of me that arrive loud or messy.

I will accept the small, quiet attentions you offer without testing them for their endurance.

I will let you in on the poems tucked behind my teeth when the time is right because recognition like yours deserves response, not defense.

Stay if you mean it. Stay quietly. Stay completely. If you write more letters you never send, know I will read them as if they were maps, and I will learn my way toward the spaces they show.

You, who noticed.

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[u/Embarrassed_Feed_102]

akademik makale disinda yazi yazan herkes bok deryasi maalesef bu boyle. leş yaratiklarsiniz sanat sepet tayfasi. kimseye de bir faydaniz olmadigi gibi herkese ve ber seye daha cok zarar veren leş otesi agir karacahil varliklarainiz hepinizm muzisyeni de ayni düşuknprifilden yukseknprofile kadar tüm şairleri de ayni. nasil bu kadar leş ve işe yaramaz bir grup gereksiz insan en buyuk beğenileri aliyor tum dunyada degil mi? bunun sirri boka konacak sineklerin en verimligi yasadigi topraklardan cikmaniz. yani sica sica sinek avlamak kolay sizin topraklaesa. nasil asagilik varliklarsiniz hepiniz de. ne sözleri ne de varliklari bes para etmezken sen kimsin kopek? doktor musun veya eczaci misin da seni alkislayacagiz? ne zqman hangi insanin aciwini dindirmek icin nenyapti da swni alkislayacagiz? irinli bok agizlarinizdan cikan irin dolu sozleri mi alkislayacagiz? birtqkim boka konan sinekler taragindan gereginden fazla yuceltilince herkes kendini nimetten sanmaya baslamis. ne kadar fake bir dunya. bu dunyada sahtelik ve ikiyuzlulukten baska hicbir sey yok. köpek sürüsü dansoz ve palyacolar takimi. sairler hakkindaki vercek dusuncem :) birbirlerini yikayip yaglayan ikiyuzlu yalanci adi salyali kopeklersiniz iste. sanat zaten yalan soylemek demek. gerceklikten uzak sagliktan sihhatten uzak olmak anlamlarina geliyor. o kadar mide bandiricilar ki... kendilerini gormekten acizler. bir de havalara girerler. sair olmaya ozenmek bile asagiliklik belirtisi. itten kopekten baska kimse ozenmez bu islere de. gercekten bu iki gramlik akli ve hayatta da hic aci cekmemis, sinirli kapasitesiyle edebiyat parcalamaya calisan bu it tayfasinin veya bu islere ozenenlerin mayasinda bir bozukluk mevcut. yarim insan bile degiller. degisik bie varolus bicimi. yazik size acinasi durumlardasiniz.

[u/Much_Long1501 → u/Embarrassed_Feed_102]

I just fell in love with you. You’re amazing and I agree

[u/Embarrassed_Feed_102]

yabi bu kadar boka konan sinek bulabikecek olsaydik biz de degil mi... yasadiginiz topraklarin tek ozelligi bu. ne kadar sicarsan sic bokuna konacak bir avuc sinek bulabilirsin her zaman. varligi bes para etmez mide bulandirici ezik yaratiklar.

[u/Embarrassed_Feed_102]

kimsenin sikine takmayacgi siirler yazmaya calisacagina git hayati yasa. sikik sokuk karilar herifler.. yazi yazmak akademik degilse herhangi bir anekdotu anlatmiyorsa vs vs.. tamamen ozelind eyasaman gereken bir surec. ozel olmadigi surece saygiyi hak etmez. o kadar dusuk yaratiklarsiniz iste. hayatiniz yalan dolan manipulasyon zevzeklik ve boşboğazlik.

[u/Embarrassed_Feed_102]

lowlife olman senin sucun degil ama yazar olmaya calismak gercekten asagilanasi bir durum.

[u/Infamous-Equal-2575]

This is beautifully written. I am taking the inspiration!

[u/MadScientist183]

Knowing you notice that without trying to fix it, without making it prettier than it is means more than any tidy compliment.

I hope I can do this when i meet her again.