All that's left unsaid...

Expressing emotions -- is it a sign of strength or weakness? I could never say. At times when I should have broken down into tears, I stayed strong. Times when I should have held someone so close that they couldn't move, I let them go. When I should have screamed my lungs out, I silently walked away. Times when I should have shaken them up with the reality, I chose to give up and accept. And when I should have hugged them tight, I slipped out of their embrace.

It was difficult, every single time -- every single time that I acted like a rock in a dead winter night. But I often wonder, how would life have been if I could express all that's left unsaid. Would it be starkly different from how I feel about certain things? Would people understand me better? Or was it always the right choice to not add words to things that were never meant to be. 

I often wonder, if people could see the side I never show, would they love me or hate me more!

Art by: Abir Choudhury