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Entrepreneur, student, communicator @ Prince Abubakar Audu University
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NOBODY TALKS
<p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>Nobody talks about how hard it is to be consistent.</p><p><br/></p><p>Like, fr though, you might really love doing something but still find it hard to stay consistent with it.</p><p><br/></p><p>Nobody talks about how you could love doing something today and tomorrow wonder why you’re even doing it.</p><p><br/></p><p>Nobody talks about the fear of becoming lazy with things that matter to you.</p><p><br/></p><p>Nobody talks about how hard it is to put yourself together.</p><p><br/></p><p>Nobody talks about how you can lose excitement over something that once made your day.</p><p><br/></p><p>Nobody talks about how overthinking can become so overwhelming that even when you sleep, there’s no sleep. You’re just thinking.</p><p><br/></p><p>Nobody talks about how hard it is to be so confused and still press onwards.</p><p><br/></p><p>Nobody talks about how hard it is to miss something you can’t have back.</p><p><br/></p><p>We might think that some people talk about these things, but honestly, they don’t. Not properly, anyway.</p><p><br/></p><p>Omo, make God help us sha. 😮💨🙏🏽</p><p><br/></p><p>Is it that we don’t want to talk, or we just can’t?</p><p><br/></p><p>Because nobody talks about how hard it can be to express feelings you don’t even understand yourself.</p><p><br/></p><p>Nobody talks about how you can lose sleep over things other people would call minor and still not break down.</p><p><br/></p><p>Nobody talks about being present but never really being present.</p><p><br/></p><p>Nobody.</p><p><br/></p><p>Nobody.</p><p><br/></p><p>Nobody really talks about these things.</p><p><br/></p><p>Are we tired of explaining, or do we just not know how to?</p><p><br/></p><p>Are we tired of realizing, or do we just refuse to?</p><p><br/></p><p>Do we not see the need to say these things anymore, or have we simply convinced ourselves that there’s no use?</p><p><br/></p><p>Where is the error?</p><p><br/></p><p>Where did we fail?</p><p><br/></p><p>Where did it start?</p><p><br/></p><p>And how did we not see the need to fix it?</p><p><br/></p><p>Maybe the hardest part is not even what we feel.</p><p><br/></p><p>Maybe it is having to live with things we cannot explain, while everyone assumes we are fine because we are still moving.</p><p><br/></p><p>We keep showing up.</p><p><br/></p><p>We keep laughing.</p><p><br/></p><p>We keep responding.</p><p><br/></p><p>We keep going.</p><p><br/></p><p>But sometimes, we are present without really being there.</p><p><br/></p><p>And maybe that is why nobody talks about it.</p><p><br/></p><p>Not because nobody feels it.</p><p><br/></p><p>Not because nobody notices.</p><p><br/></p><p>But because sometimes, we are too tired to explain what we don't even understand ourselves.</p><p><br/></p><p>But still...</p><p><br/></p><p>Nobody talks about it.</p>
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