Dodo Seed

You didn’t decide to care less.

There wasn’t a moment where you told yourself it didn’t matter anymore.

If anything, you would have said the opposite.

That it still meant something.

That it still held the same weight.

But over time, something shifted.

Not suddenly.

Not enough to notice right away.

Just small changes in how you responded.

You thought about it less.

You reacted more quietly.

You didn’t return to it as often as you used to.

At first, it felt temporary.

Like you were just distracted.

Like things would go back to how they were.

But they didn’t.

The intensity didn’t return.

Not in the same way.

And that’s when you start to realize

that something has already changed.

Not the thing itself.

But your connection to it.

It’s still there.

Still part of your life in some way.

But it doesn’t reach you like it used to.

It doesn’t pull your attention the same way.

And you don’t feel the need to hold onto it as tightly.

It’s strange how that happens.

How something can feel so important

for so long —

and then, without a clear reason,

become something quieter.

Not gone.

Just… lighter.