A notebook.
A room full of people who thought I was quiet.
I wasn’t quiet.
I was listening.
To every slammed door.
Every fake smile.
Every word I swallowed because it was safer than screaming.
School taught me how to disappear.
Music taught me how to come back louder.
Maybe Sable Crowe didn’t begin on a stage.
Maybe she began here — with tired eyes, black sleeves, messy notes, and a storm waiting for a rhythm.
I wasn’t quiet.
I was just saving the noise.