Walking away from what should never have held us is a miracle—one that births who we are truly meant to be. Many have walked away scarred, leaving behind stories they are neither eager to share nor willing to spotlight. These gloomy seasons are often imposed on us by the weight of culture, society, family, beliefs, and expectations. We stepped into them because we didn’t know better—or perhaps we thought our story would be different. Sometimes, we saw the end from the beginning, but we still went in anyway. While these decisions may turn out well for some, it wasn’t so for you. You didn’t understand why; you only stayed positive, doing your very best to salvage each situation as it unfolded—until you found yourself drowning, sinking, and screaming for help. Yet your cries fell into silence. Family, culture, and society either ignored you or dismissed it as normal: "We went through it, our parents did, and so did theirs before them.” So it became wired into your subconscious that...
Inspiration, Relationship, Society, Real Talk, Poetry, Stories