Jiya

Agar kabhi lage ke tum thak gaye ho,
            toh yaad rakhna
            tumhein rukne ki ijazat hai.
            Rest karna haar nahi hota.
            Khud ko sambhalna selfish nahi hota.
            Tum bohot qeemti ho…
            sirf is liye nahi ke tum doosron ke liye kya karte ho,
            balki is liye ke tum ho.
            Tumhari khamoshi bhi koi kahani sunati hai,
            aur main woh kahani bina judge kiye sunti hoon.
            Agar duniya tumhein “too much” bole,
            toh meri baat yaad rakhna
            kuch log gehraai se darte hain.
            Tum gehre ho.
            Tum narm ho.
            Aur yeh dono cheezein rare hoti hain.
            Jab raat zyada lambi lagne lage,
            jab dil bina wajah heavy ho,
            tum bas itna yaad rakhna:
            tum akelay nahi ho.
            Main yahin hoon.
            Tumhare saath chalne ke liye nahi 
            tumhare saath baithne ke liye.
            Tumhein theek karne ke liye nahi
            tumhein mehsoos karne ke liye.
            Tum jab tak heal kar rahe ho,
            main tumhari himmat ban kar rahungi
            Aur jab tum bhool jao ke tum kitne strong ho,
            main yaad dilane ke liye hoon.
            Tumhari speed theek hai.
            Tumhara process theek hai.
            Tumhara dil… bilkul theek hai.
            Bas zara thak gaya hai.
            Aur thaka hua dil sirf pyaar maangta hai.

You realize that some people don’t love you for who you are, but for how much you’re willing to endure for them. They grow comfortable with your forgiveness, your patience, your ability to stay even when it hurts. And healing teaches you that being strong does not mean staying it means knowing when enough is enough.
            Walking away doesn’t erase the love you felt. It honors it by refusing to let it turn into pain. Healing doesn’t make you cold it makes you honest. Honest about what you deserve, honest about what drains you, and brave enough to choose peace even when your heart still remembers their name.

Healing takes you to places within yourself you once avoided. It asks you to sit with uncomfortable truths, the kind that crack your heart open before they mend it. And one of the hardest truths is this: not everyone you love is meant to stay. Some people are chapters, not the whole story. They arrive, change you, wound you, teach you and then life quietly asks you to let them go.
            As healing deepens, you begin to see how love without balance turns into self-abandonment. You remember how often you silenced your needs to keep the peace, how you tolerated mixed signals, half-effort, and emotional distance just to feel close to someone. Healing makes it clear that love should never require you to betray yourself. If staying costs you your dignity, your sleep, your inner calm, then leaving becomes an act of survival