VOSS Drop 07: ‘Start Within’

You asked me to agree too fast,

A promise written in fading glass.

I didn’t see the clause beneath,

That freedom’s cost was silent grief.

They told me I should just give in…

“Terms and conditions — apply within.”

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There was no room to mark “not sure,”

No check box labeled “something pure.”

They took my voice, my name, my skin,

Then wondered why I wouldn’t grin.

But somewhere in me, not too thin—

A light said “no.”

“Apply within.”

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So I broke the rule and read the lines,

Found their traps between the signs.

They wrote the game, but I rewrote mine,

Their chains were words—

But so are mine.

So I won’t sign what’s not divine,

And I won’t lose just to align.

If I must choose a place to begin…

Let it be here.

Let it begin

Within.

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They sell us futures we never chose,

Wrapped in terms no one knows.

But truth ain’t typed in legalese—

It’s felt in silence, sung in peace.

And I still hear that voice again:

“Apply within. Apply within.”

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Not every “yes” is yours to take,

Not every vow you make’s a fake.

Some contracts live beneath the skin…

The ones you write

when you breathe in.

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So I won’t sign my soul away,

Just to make it through today.

My worth is more than what’s been pinned—

I’m not your file.

I begin within.

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So if you need a form to break,

A name to call, a vow to make…

I’m here with ink, not discipline—

My only terms?

You start within.