Some kisses are just noise. Some endings are better as a stage direction than a scene. And sometimes the most powerful thing you can do is walk away with your lips still yours.
I’ve started doing that now. Leaving conversations mid-sentence. Not replying to the text that asks for one more chance. Turning my head on the train platform of my own small dramas. nelly kent no kiss
That’s it. No kiss. She walks.
I think about that a lot now. How many kisses have I accepted just because it was easier than turning my head? How many times have I stayed in the frame of someone else’s scene, letting them lean in, because saying “no” felt like breaking the fourth wall of my own life? Some kisses are just noise
Some kisses are just noise. Some endings are better as a stage direction than a scene. And sometimes the most powerful thing you can do is walk away with your lips still yours.
I’ve started doing that now. Leaving conversations mid-sentence. Not replying to the text that asks for one more chance. Turning my head on the train platform of my own small dramas.
That’s it. No kiss. She walks.
I think about that a lot now. How many kisses have I accepted just because it was easier than turning my head? How many times have I stayed in the frame of someone else’s scene, letting them lean in, because saying “no” felt like breaking the fourth wall of my own life?