“Strangers may speak cruelly, yet their blades and bullets are dull. But when the gentlest barbs slip from the lips of family, they carve deeper than any wound. In moments like these, life feels draped in hopelessness, its meaning scattering like ashes in the wind.”
“It doesn’t even crack my heart anymore. Just another layer of sadness added, another awan mendung pressing down, petrifying what little feeling I have left. The storm doesn’t rage—it lingers, heavy and unmoving.”
p/s: Some are raised in harshness, taught to wear it like skin. Others must endure it, not to harden, but to keep their souls warm and gentle.