# Note To Self > A verse drawn from within Serenus Sage **Published by:** [Sage Inks](https://paragraph.com/@0xc09780d56457c9b758c3f3b3be09408993f67b62/) **Published on:** 2026-01-28 **Categories:** poem, reflection, slampoem, poetry, creative, writing, introspection **URL:** https://paragraph.com/@0xc09780d56457c9b758c3f3b3be09408993f67b62/note-to-self ## Content Note To Self I learned my name in anger carried it like a blade through years of noise every hurt teaching me how to hurt back then something in me went quiet I set the blade down opened my hands instead of my fists and found love had been waiting the whole time ## Publication Information - [Sage Inks](https://paragraph.com/@0xc09780d56457c9b758c3f3b3be09408993f67b62/): Publication homepage - [All Posts](https://paragraph.com/@0xc09780d56457c9b758c3f3b3be09408993f67b62/): More posts from this publication - [RSS Feed](https://api.paragraph.com/blogs/rss/@0xc09780d56457c9b758c3f3b3be09408993f67b62): Subscribe to updates