Archive - Things I Couldn’t Say Out Loud

The Case Against Love

Love is easy to defend in theory.

Jan 15 • Shannon Shpak

I didn’t know the darkness would still find me.

Jan 10 • Shannon Shpak

December 2025

What I Know Now

I used to pray for answers.

Dec 7, 2025 • Shannon Shpak

November 2025

The Discipline of Contradiction

Some things make sense only when two conflicting truths stand together.

Nov 29, 2025 • Shannon Shpak

I buried my father.

Nov 20, 2025 • Shannon Shpak

What We Notice Too Late

In every experiment, observation alters the outcome.

Nov 14, 2025 • Shannon Shpak

The Line Before Revision

I’ve spent years learning how to survive.

Nov 7, 2025 • Shannon Shpak

October 2025

The Physics Of Almost

The Pauli exclusion principle says no two particles can ever occupy the same space.

Oct 30, 2025 • Shannon Shpak

The Illusion Of Permanence

The Greenland shark can live for more than four centuries.

Oct 23, 2025 • Shannon Shpak

This Ordinary Continuation

I built something beautiful once.

Oct 17, 2025 • Shannon Shpak

The Cost Of Loving

There are days I feel like I am made of ghosts.

Oct 9, 2025 • Shannon Shpak

The Law Of Survival

In ancient Rome, grief had a deadline.

Oct 2, 2025 • Shannon Shpak

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