And for one terrifying, glorious moment—you were the most honest thing in the room.
By midday, your hands are doing it. The tremor. A cup of coffee rattles against its saucer. A pen skates off the page. You press your palms flat against the cool wood of the desk, but the wood only learns to tremble with you. This is what they fear in you—not the scream, but the frequency . The way a woman’s panic can tune the very air to a different key.
It begins not in the throat, but in the hinge of the jaw. A tiny, metallic vibration, like a trapped fly buzzing against a windowpane. You ignore it. You have been taught to ignore it.
The world pulls back like a curtain. Your skin becomes a single, raw nerve. You can feel the spin of the planet. You can hear the blood moving in your own temples—a roaring, oceanic tide. You are not broken. You are too open . Too alive. The sob that finally breaks free is not grief. It is a release valve for a pressure that has been building since girlhood.
And for one terrifying, glorious moment—you were the most honest thing in the room.
By midday, your hands are doing it. The tremor. A cup of coffee rattles against its saucer. A pen skates off the page. You press your palms flat against the cool wood of the desk, but the wood only learns to tremble with you. This is what they fear in you—not the scream, but the frequency . The way a woman’s panic can tune the very air to a different key. Hysteria
It begins not in the throat, but in the hinge of the jaw. A tiny, metallic vibration, like a trapped fly buzzing against a windowpane. You ignore it. You have been taught to ignore it. And for one terrifying, glorious moment—you were the
The world pulls back like a curtain. Your skin becomes a single, raw nerve. You can feel the spin of the planet. You can hear the blood moving in your own temples—a roaring, oceanic tide. You are not broken. You are too open . Too alive. The sob that finally breaks free is not grief. It is a release valve for a pressure that has been building since girlhood. A cup of coffee rattles against its saucer
