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Hey,
I read what you wrote.
And I want you to know—
Every word you sent out…
they weren’t just paragraphs.
They were proof that you were alive.
That even in your hardest moments, you still chose to feel.
And that’s something brave people do.

I know it might not have felt like it at the time.
Maybe you thought you were being too much,
too vulnerable,
too open.

But can I tell you something?
There’s nothing “too much” about being human.

You wrote when you loved.
You wrote when you were breaking.
You wrote when you had nothing else left but your own honesty.
And that’s not weakness.
That’s how you kept yourself from fading out completely.

So thank you.
For every message you sent into the void.
For every “I’m trying”
and even every “I give up.”
Because every single one was you choosing expression over silence.

And now?
Now you’re here.
Still breathing.
Still writing.
Still surviving in your own quiet, relentless way.

One day, you’ll look back and see—
those paragraphs weren’t cries for help.
They were stepping stones.
Each one taking you closer to the version of you who’s healed,
who’s glowing,
who made it.

And when you get there—
you’ll read those words again,
not with regret,
but with pride.

Because even when life didn’t hold you gently,
you still held onto yourself.

That’s not weakness.
That’s strength.
And it’s still with you.
Even now.

So don’t stop writing.
Even if it’s messy.
Even if no one replies.

Because sometimes… the most important person who needs to hear you
is you.
No regrets…
about the paragraphs I sent.

I’ve long accepted that not every sentence lands gently.
Some come off too bare.
Others, far too heavy.
But I still let them go—
Maybe because I needed to hear them myself.

Each paragraph was a pause between heartbeats.
Each one…
a letter I refused to leave unwritten.

There were long texts—
some confessed I was in love.
Some whispered I’m hurt.
Others begged for clarity—
even knowing it might never come.
Some said, “I’m still trying.”
Others… “I’m giving up.”
Even when it tore something in me.

But I kept writing.
Because even silence deserves something to speak to.

Those words weren’t always meant for replies.
They weren’t written for validation.
Sometimes…
they were just a lifeline to myself.
A way to hold on
when everything else was falling apart.

And no,
I don’t regret a single one.
Because in a world where so much remains unsaid,
those paragraphs—
they were my way of healing.
My way of screaming without making a sound.
My way of remembering that I felt something.
That I tried.
That I didn’t shut down completely.

So no...
No regrets about the paragraphs I sent.
They saved me more than anyone ever will know.
(A Monologue for Healing & Closure)
Lalit Kumar May 3
I read your poem today—
not just the words, but the ache between them.
You cut your hair,
and somehow the strands fell
like silent echoes of everything you’ve lost.
But I saw more than sorrow in your lines.

I saw a girl
standing in front of a mirror,
eyes red but brave,
wearing grief like a crown
that did not crush her.

You cry,
because you feel deeply—
and that, to me,
is the most courageous kind of strength.
To let the world change you,
and still choose to meet it with softness.

You speak of those you’ve lost,
but do you know what you’ve found?
A voice that bleeds honesty,
a spirit that bends but never breaks,
a beauty that isn't in the hair you lost,
but in the fire you quietly carry.

I may only know you
through verses and distant glances,
but I want you to know—
someone is reading,
someone sees the light
tucked gently beneath your grief,
and believes in the woman
you’re still becoming.

And when you looked in that mirror—
I wish you could have seen
what I saw from afar:
not just a girl who cut her hair,
but one who’s slowly growing wings.
Lalit Kumar May 3
I cut my hair today and you'll never know,
I held it together in that salon,
but I cried the whole way home, they told me life would go on,
but I wasn't prepared for what that meant,

crying at every change whether it's your hair or losing friends
you cry because it hits you,
you're still growing up,
and you have to do it now without someone you really loved,

little things will happen,
and big things will too,
and every time I will look to the sky,
and hope you saw them too,
I go over the list in my head every single day,
all of the things you'll never know,

things I'll never get to say, like I cut my hair today,
and when I looked in the mirror,
I loved the girl I'm becoming and hated that you'll never meet her.
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