You act as if falling is not an option,

as if you must carry the world with unshakable steadiness.

No one understood that you weren’t born strong…

you became this way because you never found a shoulder safe enough to fall on.

You act as if falling is not an option.

You walk with exhausting steadiness, hiding the trembling of fatigue beneath a calm smile—

as if the world expects you to stay standing no matter what.

But the deeper truth is that you’re not a rock…

you are a human being who gets tired, who fears,

and who wishes for just one moment to set this weight down without being judged.

Maybe you never found a safe shoulder to fall on,

so you fell alone… again and again,

and learned that breaking down in public hurts more than breaking in silence.

So you convinced yourself that staying strong is necessary,

and that everything you don’t say will simply fade with time.

But what we don’t say never disappears…

it turns into a hard layer around the heart,

blocking you from feeling and keeping you distant from the ones you love.

And when people always see you as strong,

no one asks: “How much have you endured?

How many times were you about to collapse and no one noticed?”

Remember: stability is not a requirement for life,

and breaking down is not always an ending—

sometimes it’s the moment your path changes,

the moment you return to yourself… before you lose your way.