“Not Every Fall Is Flight”

They say,

“Keep going,

failure is a stepping stone,”

but they don’t mention

how stones bruise

when your knees hit them too many times.

They romanticize resilience—

paint it in gold,

sing of strength

like it’s always heroic

to survive.

But sometimes survival

looks like silence.

Sometimes,

it’s waking up

with nothing left to give—

and giving anyway.

They mean well,

these cheerleaders of hope,

they love us in the only way they know—

with pep talks and bright endings

and borrowed quotes from people

who made it through.

But here’s a truth I wish more people told:

It’s okay

if today you are not okay.

It’s okay

if you don’t want to climb today,

if your heart feels more like gravel

Because not every story

needs to be inspiring

in the middle.

Some chapters

are just meant to hold us—

softly,

quietly.

And even now,

even here,

you are not unseen.

You are not failing

for feeling tired.

You are not weak

for needing rest.

You are not alone

in this ache.

One day, you’ll rise again—

not because you pushed through,

but because the weight finally softened

and so did the world around you.

Until then,

breathe.

You are still becoming.

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