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I Hid It So Well That No One Knew I Was Falling Apart

What it costs to look okay when you’re not… I became good at looking normal. Not happy. Not thriving. Just fine enough to avoid questions....

M. Shamim Jahan 30 Jan, 2026

How does fate work on someone?

What do I do to win here, in this life? How good should I have to become ‘something?’ Do you know the Snakes and Ladders board game? It i...

M. Shamim Jahan 18 Jan, 2026

Maybe what you’re thinking about love is not what love truly is.

The truth I learned the hard way Yesterday, my sister told me something so casually, not a lesson, not advice, but that hit me at the right ...

M. Shamim Jahan 15 Jan, 2026

If you are the ocean, don’t turn yourself into a ditch just because someone isn’t capable of diving into you.

I came across these words on my Instagram FYP, and they made me question myself. For a long time, I have often made myself recede shrinking ...

M. Shamim Jahan 12 Jan, 2026

You will never feel enough if you always compare yourself to other people

Instead, you can decide what enough means for you. Back then, in my life , I never felt enough until I turned 17. I always felt like I wasn’...

M. Shamim Jahan 10 Jan, 2026

Sometimes i still want to tell you everything

I didn’t realize how much I needed you until I couldn’t say things out loud anymore. I remember what it used to feel like . To have someone...

M. Shamim Jahan 5 Jan, 2026

This is for you who survived this year

I’m sorry you’ve had such a bad year This is for you, for us, who survived this year. For us who started this year with hopes, unfinished dr...

M. Shamim Jahan 31 Dec, 2025

What would I miss if I gave up… now?

How many versions of me did pain try to bury alive ? How many times did I… try? try to live? uncountable to die? thrice. The world almost ...

M. Shamim Jahan 27 Dec, 2025

To Love the Rose is to Be Gentle

Have you ever thought about how beautiful the way a rose lives is, how it grows and how it keeps itself alive? Yes, we’re talking about ros...

M. Shamim Jahan 26 Dec, 2025

I want to be the only thing someone ever longs for and still never tries to take

I want to be held like a vow no one dares to break … “What kind of love do you want?” They asked. And I froze. Because how do I explain I...

M. Shamim Jahan 25 Dec, 2025

Lessons i’ve learned in 2025 letters from rosie

2025 felt like both a storm and a sunrise a year that shook me to my core , threw me into challenges I never expected, and yet gave me quiet...

M. Shamim Jahan 25 Dec, 2025

Being alone is not failure, it is becoming.

“Am I strong for surviving alone, or just tired of waiting?” We all come to a point where we struggle without the help of others because w...

M. Shamim Jahan 22 Dec, 2025

I wish someone asked me why

If they ever thought, what really made me like that People are quick to notice change. They point out the tone in my voice, the sharpne...

M. Shamim Jahan 20 Dec, 2025

Which stage of life should I be at this age?

And who decides someone “should” be? 💬: It’s been so long. Where are you now? And what do you do for a living? This was just a casual que...

M. Shamim Jahan 18 Dec, 2025

It’s okay, this strom will pass

like it always does I don’t know, but our day isn’t very good. There’s flooding in every direction, and all we can do is nothing except pra...

M. Shamim Jahan 14 Dec, 2025

It’s not always “how you look” but “how they view you”

“ Not everyone reads you the way you read yourself.” A few days ago, I borrowed a novel from a friend. My classmates had praised it so muc...

M. Shamim Jahan 13 Dec, 2025

All this time, you’ve been strong you just haven’t been heard

For the souls that are broken, shattered into pieces, and don’t know how to rise again... These words are gently for you. Maybe right now,...

M. Shamim Jahan 8 Dec, 2025

Not everyone deserves a seat on your table

Life often feels like a small dining table. We sit there and many people come to share a meal with us. We lay down our energy, our hearts ...

M. Shamim Jahan 7 Dec, 2025

Time won’t stop for me, but sometimes I wish it would

“Another day passed, and I wish time were a bit slower today.” This is the line I always say in my head as the moon replaces the sun, colori...

M. Shamim Jahan 6 Dec, 2025

Thank God I am still alive

How suffocating this world and life can be, yet thank God I am still alive. Tired But Alive Once someone said, “Life has never been easy, an...

M. Shamim Jahan 5 Dec, 2025
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