innerCritic = oldVoice;
criticism.arrives();
self.listens();
self.asksWhereItCameFrom();
if (voice.soundsFamiliar)
memory.opens();
if (origin.isFound)
judgment.softens();
if (criticism.isUnderstood)
protection.isRevealed();
innerCritic != truth;
innerCritic = youngerSelfTryingToHelp;
// the voice that judges me
// learned its words before I could question them

// by jimena buena vida • Marfa, TX 2026