Let me share my art this for those readers article There is a girl who smiles all the time, looking in the mirror, she sees someone staring right back at her.
A tear falls from her eye, realizing that she could not recognize herself. " Who am I? " she asked. " Anyone, but not myself, " she said. Spending the childhood wanting to grow up faster, now when looking for an adult for help and then realizing that she is an adult, scares her sometimes.
Her childhood slips through her fingers like sand from a broken hourglass. She feels like the hourglass is running low, and she is losing herself in a busy life. Making sacrifices and putting her own needs aside.
These thoughts are making her feel trapped inside the wide-open cage. Her body is giving a signal that she is not in balance anymore. She feels under pressure and stress than her body can handle, restricting her movements and not being able to fly. She feels overwhelmed, overloaded that she can not listen to her own hopes and desires. She feels like she’s not herself, but a creation formed from somebody else’s mold. A human-shaped emptiness. She feels lost, feels like she is falling apart. She feels like a broken glass and can’t seem to find the right pieces to put herself back together. It has been a landscape of stress, anxiety, and overwhelmedness, but she knows she'll figure everything out in time. " For now, I need to slow down a bit, think things over, just keep trying and take it easy.
Like flowers, they still grow and bloom in their own time. I can do that too, no need to rush. It’s my journey, not theirs, I will achieve everything at my own pace. " She said while wiping her tears, still staring at herself. She hides it inside like there’s nothing wrong, trying not to let anyone notice, keeping it all together. She’s scared, she’s hurt, she’s not okay, but she’s not saying a word.
She took a deep breath and whispered, " No one needs to know.
" - AJT - Surrealism ✍🏼: Procreate app - Manually drawn + Photobash ( flowers & broken glass)