There was no urgency
No sharp realisation
No descending clarity or catalyst

Only resistance thinning
A pause in effort
An absence of holding on

I continued to function
Answering questions
Fulfilling obligations

But somewhere
I refused to look
My inventory was rewritten
My values reassigned
The cost outweighing the habit

I thought it reflection at first
Only later did I understand
It was the moment I stopped agreeing
And started
Believing

Here's my entry into the Poetry profile's Versification 2026 contest, day 21 (already!?). The prompt was: Catalyst: It was only the beginning, the catalyst. What was the catalyst?