📝 When I Want to Scream and I Cannot

There are moments when everything inside me wants to scream
But I don’t
I smile
I nod
I carry on like nothing’s wrong
Because that’s what I was taught to do

I hold it in
The frustration
The sadness
The overwhelm
I make it small
So I don’t take up too much space

But it doesn’t go away
It becomes a knot in my throat
A heaviness in my chest
A silence that feels louder than any words

I wasn’t taught how to scream safely
I was taught to be quiet
To be kind
To be okay

But inside, something keeps saying
This is too much
I need space
I want to be heard

And maybe I won’t scream out loud
But I can listen to that voice inside
And little by little
I can let it speak…