Sometimes I think human consciousness is
less like a mind
and more like an aperture.

It widens when we’re seen by someone who understands us,
it narrows when we’re performing for the wrong audience.

Maybe the real self isn’t something we discover,
maybe it’s something that only exists
in the right relational field.

I don’t think people change us.
I think they reveal the version of us
we were already becoming.

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