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survival is heavier than tragedy

tragedy breaks you
while survival makes you carry the pieces

people think restraint is strength
they are wrong
restraint is just pain with manners

it is learning how to bleed internally
without staining the furniture

because some things
you just can't say out loud

it asks you to wake up
with the same bruise
and call it a routine

tragedy ruins a life once
survival ruins it
every morning

you stand tall
because collapsing would be rude

this is not courage
this is compliance

and it still expects gratitude.