everyone thinks i'm brave,
that i'm strong. and most the time it's true. i was also just good at pretending that it didn't hurt. because if thev see how soft and sensitive my eyes are, they might think i'm weak. they don't know how many sharp needles i have to pull out of my heart just to move forward sometimes. they don't know how heavy the air feels when i try to breathe through the pain. every day, i carry wounds they can't see. every night, i close my eyes, hoping the weight will be lighter when i wake up. they see the strong version of me, the one that never breaks. but they don't see the nights i spend alone, stitching myself back together..💕🪷
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