People say, the scariest thing is not an open wound, but a wound that is left silent, neatly closed, and rotting in silence.351Please respect copyright.PENANAPJs0uKeoDx
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Like a wick—inaudible, invisible, but slowly burning until it runs out.
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I used to be a light in people's eyes. Be the center of laughter, be the protector. But they don't know that inside me, something is lit, blackened, and never really goes out.
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I don't want to be understood. I just want not to be alone.
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But then I met her.
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A woman whose eyes are empty, but it feels like stripping all my feelings with just one look.
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She didn't ask who I was. No matter who I am. But with her, for the first time I want to stop pretending.
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In this city—between dusk and the faint sound of gamelan—I want to believe that maybe, I can burn not to run out... but to light up again.
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