Growing up feels like a curse sometimes. The candles on the cake increase, but the spark of joy fades. The dreams I once held so tightly seem farther away, and the love I craved remains as distant as ever.
The weight of another year is heavy, not because of age, but because the success I hoped for doesn’t walk beside it. It’s lonely to celebrate when the milestones you wanted to reach feel out of sight.
Birthdays remind you of time passing, but they also remind you of the emptiness that lingers when life doesn’t meet your expectations.
These thoughts always linger in my mind every birthday.
Cheers to another exasperating year of growing older, yet feeling further away from the life I dreamed of.