She

She thought she was healing

because the tears had stopped.

 

She laughed again.

Answered messages again.

Started saying "I'm okay"

without forcing a smile afterward

So she assumed the pain was over.

 

Then one random night,

while everyone else was asleep,

her chest suddenly felt heavy again...

and she found herself crying in silence

like the wound had never left.

 

That's the cruel thing about emotional pain.

It doesn't always leave loudly.

Sometimes it hides in quiet places until

something small touches the part of you

that never fully healed.

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