Dear You Who Dimmed Her Light,
#SilencedDreams #ShrinkToFit #ForgottenAspirations
You once dreamed so boldly—44Please respect copyright.PENANA9zUFijOq2Q
of stages, of stories,44Please respect copyright.PENANAHquVFkT4Hq
of passions you didn't even know how to explain yet.44Please respect copyright.PENANApok1SMktt7
You dreamed with wonder.44Please respect copyright.PENANAXICUlt1cyC
But you learned too early that dreaming made others uncomfortable.
They called you too much.44Please respect copyright.PENANAQHIagFNBta
Too loud. Too ambitious. Too different.44Please respect copyright.PENANAA8HBbDJeE1
And instead of cheering for you,44Please respect copyright.PENANAgkk8wd0Ffn
they asked you to tone it down,44Please respect copyright.PENANAbQiVfOzJru
to choose what was practical,44Please respect copyright.PENANAxL0HXo3NsK
to fit the mold they found acceptable.
So you folded your dreams into tight corners.44Please respect copyright.PENANAPKYBDICpRk
You made yourself smaller—44Please respect copyright.PENANAkaNtDtYvzP
not because you lacked talent,44Please respect copyright.PENANADGdTUA30tT
but because you were afraid to inconvenience others with your light.
You let them rewrite your path44Please respect copyright.PENANAFxje9Gb3D5
while convincing yourself it was okay...44Please respect copyright.PENANAVrhPyN7kib
that being acceptable was enough.
But it wasn't.
And it's not too late to say:44Please respect copyright.PENANAUfnnpdSGIz
You deserved better.44Please respect copyright.PENANAJ0LxazdKki
You deserved space to want more,44Please respect copyright.PENANAYYRvFK4RTu
to dream loudly,44Please respect copyright.PENANAEYUHMQhZe2
to fail bravely,44Please respect copyright.PENANAx7TAG2go0t
to choose your own direction—even if no one understood it.
The people who truly love you44Please respect copyright.PENANARBsPqEQjYk
will never ask you to shrink.44Please respect copyright.PENANAb7ejx32eS6
And the dreams you buried?44Please respect copyright.PENANAWQPtpIJdSF
They are still there,44Please respect copyright.PENANAMGLKkvplsM
breathing quietly under the soil of sacrifice,44Please respect copyright.PENANAqSr6pG8K5C
waiting—just waiting—for your permission to bloom again.
Give it now.44Please respect copyright.PENANASayxiTeHts
No one's comfort is more important than your calling.
—From the version of you who is done apologizing for existing fully
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