“Are you okay?”
Three words that can be so powerful. Most times we just shrug it off and say that we are fine/ okay, because most times we are. And then just that one moment in time, when you get asked that question, that phrase, those three words, when you just utterly and completely start breaking down.
Who would think that three simple words, three can make you crash down when you have been trying to be strong and in control for so long.
Who would think that three simple words, can open a box of emotions kept hidden behind a façade of smiles and laughs.
Who would think that three simple words can make tears flow like streams to cleanse a body and soul stained with darkness.
Who would think that three simple words can be the catalyst for a journey of exploration. Exploration that hurts to the core as pain drowns the lungs and no grip on positivity can be inhaled. Drowning, gasping, wheezing, puffing for air…just one breath
Who would think that three simple words can force you to surrender, surrender to the vulnerability that has consistently been knocking at your door to be acknowledged.
Who would think that three simple words can shred a mask of strength to pieces, a mask hiding all that is unsaid, a mask so transparent for the one who wears it.
Who would think that three simple words is all it takes, all it takes to be completely honest, when honesty demands to be recognized and can no longer be concealed.
Who would think that three simple words can make you lose control, control that you shouldn’t even have been in, from the start.
Who would think that three simple words can be the difference between completely giving up and somehow pushing through the pain and just breathe for one more day.