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Sep 22
When the Darkness Comes Quietly

When the shadows press against my chest,
and my breath feels borrowed,
I remind myself:
I have been here before
and still, I rose.

Anxiety whispers,
depression lingers,
but neither has ever stolen
the quiet flame inside me.

I am not the storm,
I am the girl who survives it.
I am not the silence,
I am the breath that breaks it.

Even here, even now,
when the night feels endless,
I am still here,
still breathing,
still held by God.

And that is enough.

β€” Sela πŸŒ™
For the nights when sadness doesn’t crash loudly but slips in like a shadow, unannounced. This poem speaks to the quiet way heaviness can settle in the heart, not in storms, but in whispers, and the search for light when it feels hidden.
Sela
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Sela  16/F/Nigeria
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