\u00a0<\/p>\n
I have been away for a while now.<\/p>\n
I am back.<\/p>\n
I am trying not to fall apart.<\/p>\n
Life happened.<\/p>\n
Living broke me.<\/p>\n
The existence I knew shattered before my very eyes.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
I lay wounded, bleeding.<\/p>\n
I have nursed my wounds.<\/p>\n
I wobble, bending my knees in a bid to regain balance.<\/p>\n
I am back on my feet again, barely standing.<\/p>\n
I am slowly healing.<\/p>\n
Life, as I knew it, has evaporated into nothingness.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
I struggle to find normalcy.<\/p>\n
No matter how hard I try, I cannot attain it.<\/p>\n
It is like grasping after smoke and walking on sinking sand.<\/p>\n
The more I try, the deeper I sink.<\/p>\n
A friend threw me a rope of wisdom.<\/p>\n
It is a lifeline that has helped me inch out of this quicksand of terror, suffocating pain, and despair.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
He told me to hold on.<\/p>\n
To keep moving forward.<\/p>\n
A step, an inch, or a millimeter at a time is enough.<\/p>\n
That is what I am doing now.<\/p>\n
It is not perfect.<\/p>\n
But at least I am starting to breathe again.<\/p>\n\n\n
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\u00a0 I have been away for a while now. I am back. I am trying not to fall apart. Life happened. Living broke me. The existence I knew shattered before my very eyes. \u00a0 I lay wounded, bleeding. I have nursed my wounds. I wobble, bending my knees in a bid to regain balance. I … <\/p>\n