x
17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6CFiH5JMNv
I didn’t think I’d make it this far.
Not just in this journal....in general.
17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBs0ymnfbBy
I thought I’d fade, slowly and quietly, without anyone noticing. That was the plan. Or the lack of one.
17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP9zCPMlO86
But now... there’s Lena. There’s this journal. There’s someone who read my silence and didn’t run.
17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV5mEg9ZW3k
She sat beside me again today. She didn’t talk much. Just handed me a playlist she made. Said, “Songs that helped me when I didn’t know how to say anything out loud.”
17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8JpNtiN4fc
I listened to it tonight. Some of them were sad, but some were... warm.
I didn’t expect to cry. But I did. For the first time in a way that didn’t feel like drowning. More like… release.
17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwdySi1Qlrg
I still don’t have answers. I still feel like I’m walking a tightrope between okay and not.
17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhlolqRTlZl
But I’m here.
17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1BdbdCE4TA
And that has to count for something.
17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKRc79rtowq
So maybe this isn’t a goodbye.
Maybe this is the start of something slower, quieter, but real.
17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtyX2tnYRjf
I’ll keep writing. Just in case someone out there needs proof that they’re not the only one still trying to stay.
17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbj8Dew49Jy
17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRosfKYTxaq
17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmA6qZEM6wP
17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ20xH5sygLx
Author’s Note
17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Y6tLRcoNJ
Thank you so much for reading all the way to the end.
17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhxtVEEjAAt
I just want to gently remind you that this is a fictional journal....none of these entries are real diaries or real people. But the feelings behind them are things many of us understand.
17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHCgVTED1bG
If you connected with these words, or saw yourself in them, thank you for letting this story sit with you.
17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQepxrXlVY8
Please remember to take care of yourself, and if you’re struggling, you don’t have to carry it alone.
17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVosh8pFKyg
Thank you for being here. 💛— Silent Scars
17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSlq9GPa70V
