At first, they called me chosen. That is how these things enter:not with a knife,but with incense,not with force,but with … More
Author: Sherley Delia
Ease, and Then—Everything
The soul, it turns out, is not persuaded by effort.It does not answer to urgency,nor does it quicken for performance. … More
Mute Button, Elegy for Distraction
I learned to lower the volumethe way one dims a chandelier—not out of scarcity,but taste. The world, as it happens, … More
Winning, Quietly
They assume I’m losing—a conclusion drawn from distance,from silence,from the absence of spectacle. Apparently, if you are not announcing your … More
To Be Seen, Like This
It began in the quiet—not with words,but with a gaze that lingeredjust long enoughto undo me. Not invasive.Not hurried.But deliberate—as … More
Laughter, in Its Element
Love, I’ve learned, does not always arrive in silk.Sometimes it comes laughing—a low, unbothered laughthat refuses to take pain at … More
The Less They Know
I have learned to rise without narration. No press release.No annotated climb.Just altitude—quietly earned,like breath deepening without permission. Elevation has … More
On Elevation (A Conversation with Myself)
It did not announce itself—no grand ascent, no ceremonial rise.Elevation, I’ve learned,rarely makes a spectacle of its arrival. It begins … More
An Appetite for Gold
I do not announce my abundance—It lingers. Like the scent of herbs warming in oil,slow, deliberate, unmistakable—something ancient rising from … More
The Garden Has Opinions
The foliage arrived before the guests—as it should.Leaves first, then laughter.Green before glitter.The house understands this orderand has arranged itself … More