Smiling Through the Silence
My life has always felt ordinary—
a quiet rhythm of joy and sorrow,
as natural as the changing sky.
I tell myself I’m fine,
because when I glimpse the stories of others,
my own burdens seem lighter.
I have no great struggles,
or maybe I’ve simply grown used to them,
numb to the weight I no longer name.
I am not afraid to be happy,
perhaps because worry waits beside it,
a shadow that tightens around me—slowly, silently.
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