༺🌹༻ 𝓡𝓸𝓼𝓮 𝓸𝓯 𝓟𝓪𝓼𝓼𝓲𝓸𝓷 ༺🌹༻

Some words don’t just reach you…

They break you open so you can finally breathe.

🌹~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 𝓡𝓸𝓼𝓮 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~🌹

A day with my friend, just chillin plans set in our hand

She said “Rose, look at me,” with a touch of her hand

I don’t stare in eyes, nah, I keep that closed

But this time, for some reason, I let it unfold.

And she said

“Please don’t shut down,” voice low, but it shook me

“Remember what happened when I did?” and she looked through me

Not around me, not past nah, through the walls I built

And I felt that hit in my soul, in my gut, like guilt.

Don’t shut down those words echoed in my chest

Broke down, couldn’t fight, I confessed

Why’d I look? Why’d I let it all slip?

Tears hit my lip, heart losing grip.

People told me that before, like it’s just cliché

But this time it landed in a different kinda way

She saw the pain I wear like silent skin

Like I try to smile, but she saw within.

And damn

Why’d I meet her eyes, why’d I break so fast?

I’m stronger than that, I’m built to outlast

I’ve held my feels like bricks in a flood

But “don’t shut down” cracked ’em open with love.

It wasn’t pity it was real.

She knew.

Like really knew.

And I ain’t used to that kind of truth.

When she said those words I quickly turned around

Tears poured down she said, “Look at me, Rose.”

“You’re like family to me. I love you, and I’m here for you.”

I couldn’t speak only tears came down too true

Don’t shut down yeah, I broke that day

But maybe breaking was the only way

To rebuild, to heal, to finally be found

All from five words: “please Rose don’t shut down.”

༺🌹༻ 𝓡𝓸𝓼𝓮 𝓭𝓮 𝓥𝓮𝓻𝓭𝓪𝓭 ༺🌹༻

Not every crack is weakness

Some are doorways to the light.

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