INNER DEMONS

They say life is full of surprises - but they never said some of them would break you beyond recognition.

I wake up every day carrying a weight no one else can see.
I laugh. I smile. I play the part.
But deep inside, I'm unraveling - quietly, painfully.

No one notices the war behind my eyes.
The kind of pain that doesn't scream, it lingers - slow, quiet, deadly.
I've forgotten what peace feels like.
I only know how to survive... not live.

"I'm okay."
It's the lie I tell, because it's easier than explaining the emptiness.

My inner demons whisper that I'm not enough. That I'll never be.
And sometimes... I believe them.
Sometimes, I feel like I'm already gone.

But even in the darkness - even when I'm on the edge -
there's still a voice, quiet and trembling, that says:
"Hold on."

This is a story for those who suffer in silence.
For the ones fighting battles no one can see.
For the broken, the tired, the ones still breathing -
even when it hurts.

You're not alone.
And maybe... that's where hope begins.