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Student @ University of Abuja
Student @ University of Abuja
Flickers
<p><span style="background-color: transparent;">You had everything that felt like home.</span><br/></p><p>The little things that made your days softer.</p><p>The people, the routines, the comforts that made you, you</p><p>The things that made you laugh without thinking.</p><p><br/></p><p>And then, all at once, it was gone.</p><p>Not slowly. Not gently. Just... gone.</p><p><br/></p><p>And you didn't just lose what you loved.</p><p>You lost yourself with it.</p><p><br/></p><p>You lost your spark.</p><p>That light in your eyes that used to be there without trying.</p><p>You became a quieter version of yourself. A heavier one.</p><p><br/></p><p>You watched yourself try to keep going, but nothing felt like you anymore.</p><p>You were there, but you weren't really there</p><p><br/></p><p>And now...</p><p>Now something strange is happening.</p><p><br/></p><p>Life is giving you tiny pieces back.</p><p>Not everything. Not the way it was.</p><p>Just flickers.</p><p><br/></p><p>A song that makes you feel something again.</p><p>A morning where your chest feels a little lighter.</p><p>A laugh that sounds almost like the old you.</p><p><br/></p><p>And you are left standing there with your hands half full, wondering what to do with this.</p><p><br/></p><p>How are you supposed to feel?</p><p><br/></p><p>Are you supposed to say thank you for these small pieces when you know how full your hands once were?</p><p>Are you supposed to be grateful for flickers when you once lived in sunlight?</p><p><br/></p><p>Is it ungrateful to want more?</p><p>Is it greedy to say, "this is not enough, I want to feel alive again"?</p><p><br/></p><p>Or is it human?</p><p><br/></p><p>Because how do you celebrate a candle when you are still mourning the sun?</p><p><br/></p><p>You don't know how to be grateful and grieving at the same time.</p><p>You don't know how to hold both, the thankfulness that something is returning, and the ache that it's not everything.</p><p><br/></p><p>And you keep asking</p><p>Should I be grateful?</p><p>Should I ask for more?</p><p>Should I just be happy that I'm not where I was?</p><p><br/></p><p>You have no answers.</p><p>Only questions.</p><p>Only this quiet, tender in-between.</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p>
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