To the Girl Who Thinks She Is Late

You are not late.

Not for love. Not for success. Not for the life you thought would begin sooner.

The road did not forget you.

It was teaching your feet the shape of distance.

Some doors opened quickly because they led nowhere.

Some stayed closed until you became strong enough to enter without abandoning yourself.

Stop measuring your life with somebody else’s clock.

You are not late.

You are arriving as the person who can finally remain.