When Language Turns On Us

The Daily Rebel Rhythm: Week 4, Day 2

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Language builds more than stories.

It builds selves.

Every “I am,” every “I should,” every “I can’t”

lays another brick in the architecture of identity.

And somewhere between childhood and now,

our grammar began to tighten.

Verbs became verdicts.

Adjectives became judgments.

That’s how the self-critic learns to speak:

not through rage,

but through syn…