Broken with a smile (:

Sometimes, life brings a phase where a person is falling apart from within, yet somehow becomes the one who smiles the most in front of the world.

I, too, have tried to heal my pain by turning it into words. I have tried to gather the broken pieces of my heart, comforting myself with promises I wasn't even sure were true.

There have been countless nights spent awake with my own thoughts, where sleep was scarce and questions were endless.

Every time my heart wanted to give up, I whispered to myself, "Everything will be okay one day."

But some wounds are never spoken about, because deep down, there is a fear that no one will truly understand them.

So we hide the storms raging inside us behind a gentle smile, and every single day becomes another battle we fight quietly within ourselves.

The truth is, every silence carries a story, every smiling face hides unfinished scars, and every person who appears strong is secretly carrying a pain they never speak about.

Some people aren't strong because life was easy on them; they are strong because they learned how to survive while breaking in silence. 🖤