Old Loop

I don't need pain to know what I know, what I know.
Less regret, more grace.
I'm good in my own place.
I quit calling every storm a sign,
Quit making rooms out of red flags.
If love was real,
It wouldn't need all my self-respect to drag.
I took the long way through the smoke,
Found my name under all that noise.
Now I choose the ones who choose me back,
And I move with a quieter voice.