Our reality takes many shapes. We search for more while feeling held back, as if we are watching ourselves from the outside and wishing for room to grow. Yet we also find comfort in the confines of our many faces, the perspectives that turn us inward and make us look for what completes our journey. These moments give reason to our dependencies and offer closure in knowing we have done what we can to understand where we want to be.

Is it real? Maybe. But maybe it does not matter. The journey through the self may be what matters most, the willingness to explore and to question our own duality. Is it real? Maybe. But maybe it does not matter. The journey through the self may be the truest part of all, the slow willingness to explore and to question the two sides we live with.