The Song That Defined My Teen Years

There’s always one song that takes you straight back. The room you were in. The feelings you didn’t have words for yet.

I didn’t just listen to it — I felt it. On repeat. Alone. Loud enough to drown out everything else.

Music back then wasn’t background noise. It was survival. It helped me process things I didn’t know how to say out loud.

That song still hits — not because it sounds the same, but because I do.

Tomorrow’s prompt: What I thought adulthood would look like vs reality.