Laughing through exhaustion?

When the mind is consumed by thoughts too deep to be expressed in words, you suppress your feelings, choosing the path that brings the least pain in one way or another… Have you ever seen someone exhausted, with a frozen heart, and a trembling mind yet still forcing a smile to hide the pain or escape the chaos, clinging to the hope that someday, a light will heal him? He spent his entire life caught in battles between his family’s conflicts, his own fears, and the expectations of a society that demanded strength in every situation. But behind it all was a man who longed to be noticed, wanted to cry, and yearned to be saved. He wished to lie in open meadows, take a deep breath, and feel just for a moment that he was still alive. Yet, in his endless fight to appear strong, he began fearing his own shadow. He grew afraid of the sunlight, the moon no longer brought him peace, and the wind once freeing began suffocating him in darkness, choking his dreams, and erasing his identity. He just ...