You are not selfish, you are not cold.

You are afraid …

to trust someone,

to depend on someone,

to expect from someone,

… again.

You just don’t want …

to be heartbroken

to be disappointed

to be misunderstood

… again.

That’s why

the mask

the wall

the armour.

To protect yourself

even at the cost of

cutting off the love, care & warmth

that you value & yearn for.

That’s your dilemma.

If you let your guard down

another blow might shatter

your carefully held broken pieces

that you are working so hard to mend.

Yet if you don’t let the

the love, the care, the warmth in;

the seed of limitless possibilities

flickering inside you

might wither & die.

Making this choice is never easy.

There isn’t any easy solution.

But I know you’ll find your way.

You’ll learn to build a house

with walls and roof to protect you

yet with doors and windows to

let the light, the breeze in.

You’ll have the ability to choose

when you want to open your windows

who you want to let in through your door.

You’ll figure it all out. You got this.

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This writing is very close to my heart.

❤️ if you can relate.

Share this with someone who might need to hear this today.

It’s so easy to misunderstand each other’s silence, absence, distance…

We get so busy with our own inner turmoils, that we rarely attempt to look beyond the mask, the armour of the other person.

What pain are they hiding? What are they struggling with?

This is my feeble attempt trying to decode some of those intricate mysteries of human mind, emotions & relationships.