We build walls not to keep ourselves from the outside world, but to keep our demons locked up.
.ᴇ ɴ ɪ ɢ ᴍ ᴀ
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They ask me why do you write so much, why do I keep everything to myself, why can’t you love anyone, why don’t you hangout with people. Question, just too many questions with no answers. I smile. Like I always do. And while they wait for an elaborate answer, I observed over in my mind as to how to tell someone that it’s a dark place inside and letting people in might turn out to be the last thing they would want to do. Dark? They mock. As if they haven’t seen what dark was, they say under their breath. As if you are a special case, why even exaggerate. They mock. And all this while, I still haven’t told that it was dark inside either. I didn’t say anything yet. Because perhaps it wasn’t about the darkness inside. It wasn’t about the silently screaming voices. Or the battle inside to break through the shackles that drag them down. It wasn’t even about the suffocating thoughts that drown the mind in agony and pain. May be it’s about keeping the demons inside that no one ever even gets the shadow of it.
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A traditional post where in the writer could write anything from poetry to prose to even a single line. Basically it is a prompt based post, but no restrictions whatsoever. My current format involves a quote and a bit of a passage around it, just to make a better sense of the abstract. If anyone wants to take up the project, please be my guest. Do let me know so that I can check your post as well.
.prompt : isolate
Do not lose yourself among pain and sadness 🙁
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Well, that’s already taken care of. 😐
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Hope you are doing well 🙂
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May be some time soon.
But thank you. 😊
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🙂
here if you need ranting 🙂
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I wouldn’t want to impose, but Thank you very much. 😊
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you are not imposing anything, people from time to time need to vent.
warna pressure zyada ho jayega 😉
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Haha. You are very kind. ☺️
Haan ji, that’s why I write, or try to write. To reduce the pressure. 😬
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most of us do this excatly 😉
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Haha. Yeah. 😬
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I am sending a bulldozer to break the wall. This is a warning so you can ask your Foreman and Engineer to build a stronger wall. 😜
Just kidding, hey hope you’re alright… 🙂
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Oh the wall is very strong. No bulldozer can make it fall.
😬😝
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Don’t be so certain.. 😜
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I just saw your bulldozer go back in pieces. 🙄
Where did you get it? Legos store? 😬😜
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wait wait.. no!
I am hiring a Caterpillar and all the heavy machinery I can hire here in Australia.. 😂
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From the Lego store? 🙄
It won’t work, G. 😬😝
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Well, well, 🤔🤔 let’s see.
Why do we need to break a wall if I can fly in the helicopter and just fall off from the sky. You didn’t say there’s a roof. 😂
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Such a perfect quote to describe the truth to what most of us do. And yes, too many questions asked but yet no answers. I love asking questions and receiving replies but when I am asked certain questions replies are hard to form.
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I am glad that you like it.
Isn’t it a difficult place to be in. 😐
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Asking questions is a lovely place to be in, I think, but answering is horrible when you yourself don’t have the proper answer yet. What do you think?
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Asking questions is a lovely place to be in. Not getting answers to them is not that good place to be in.
And yes answering the questions to which we don’t have answers to is a very horrible place to be in. Like answering in a viva. 😬
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Yes, it is but still questions will be asked and not stopped no matter the response. I do hope you feel better, being concealed makes everything more darker.
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Touché. Well said.
I hope so to. 😬
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wow …seems like the demon inside you will never allow you to keep connection with people..
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Yes, apparently so. 😐
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Dont listen to him then
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I don’t have a choice. What he says is true.
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oh dude 😛
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🤷🏻♂️
Can’t really argue with the truth, can I ?
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Maybe
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We can argue? 🤔
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yes 😀
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Well, you are the optimistic one. I guess you can. 😛
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yeah 😛 i can
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Yeah, you can. 😛
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you can too 😛 on behalf of your demon
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Unfortunately, I can’t. The force is strong with the demon. 😐
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hahahaha no i will win i knw
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Your force is weak, my friend.
The force in my side has darkness. It will consume you whole. That’s why the walls. 😬
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You r so afraid of your own demon ..that’s your weakness myfriend
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Does it seem like I am afraid of it?
If I am being honest, I am not afraid, I made that, that demon we talk about, the darkness and all that, I made that. And I don’ seem to find my way out of it, or perhaps, I don’t even want to.
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Its okay.
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Okay then.
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So i win ..
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Whoa yeah.
Partyyyyyyy?
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Hmm.
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This means ?
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i m not happy so its ” hmm “
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Ah, why aren’t you happy? Didn’t you just win?
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i dnt knw your name ..and i win bcz yu give up
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1. You have to hit me up through email for such kind of information. 😜
2. And I didn’t know that I gave up until you pointed it out. 😂 So basically you won again. 😬
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1. what if you fall in love with me throu email
2. yo haha thnks 😛
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1. Haha. I wish. But you should know about the walls. No one in, no one out. So, 🤷🏻♂️.
2. You are welcome. 😁
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1. haha its funny cuz i too have strong wall arnd me
2. ^_^
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1. And yet…you accuse me. 🙄
2. 🙂
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yup but at-least you knw my name idk yours
mr ,mysterious
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Yup. I have a quote in my whatsapp status : “If you knew everything about me, I would be just normal.”
So, there’s that. 🤣🤣🤣
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i see.. haha its strange we r talking to each other for more thn an hour
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If you minus the gaps, it will be 20 minutes or less, no?😆
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hahaha maybe
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Well, I thought you would have sent me an email, but 🤷🏻♂️.
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oh i dnt have your email ..;p
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Quote If there is a will, there is a way. Unquote.
If you have been to my blog, It’s there on the right side, just in case anyone feels like scolding me.
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hahaha..there was another quote what you seek is seeking you 😛
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Yeah, It’s called a mirror. 🤷🏻♂️
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hahaha ops
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Hmm 🤷🏻♂️
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check
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Yup. Checked.
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Woww…I can relate to it. When people ask me, “why don’t you socialize ? ” I have no reply. Because they are too ignorant to know that every person is different, and some don’t like to socialize much.
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Exactly. I don’t have an answer either.
I should be glad that you can relate but I would really hope that the walls we create never existed.
Thank you for dropping by. ☺️
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Yes…it gets suffocating in those walls, sometimes
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I know right. Very suffocating. ☹️
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Boss why a . before every title?
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Just some format I am following for a writing project I am working on.
Are you into computers, coding?
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Yup…
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Well then, .class . java , .jpg, .mov… Do you get the flow?
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Okay😅
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awesome
how come u think so good 😊😊😊
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Thank you. 🙂
You are so sweet. 😀
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hehehhehe sweeter than rasogolla n gulab jamun
ur welcome handsome 🤗🤗
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Ah, those are my favorite sweets. And yes, you indeed are.
Haha, thanks again. 😀
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I am that I know bt on what basis ????
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The way you talk, your humbleness, kindess and express yourself. And basically it’s your nature.
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honestly saying I lack all these qualities
rather u hv all these qualities in u which is visible through your outstanding thoughts
so u are sweeter than me
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Ok, so you are modest as well. So, one more quality to you. And honestly you don’t lack any of those qualities.
And see you are being more sweet. ☺️
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it was really pleasure to met such a good person n yeah your name to be discovered soon
see u soon on insta
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The feeling is mutual. ☺️
Hehe yeah, apparently so.
Sure.
Take care. ☺️
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u too
if u had mail id do ad me in your circle
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Sure.
I do have an email : shadowsinmidnight@gmail.com
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yeah I will add u up
so that I can text u over there
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Thank you.
I think you already did on Hangouts. 😬😁
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I liked the concept. .dot project. I may want to work on it, but not immediately as I have my series to complete. Will keep you posted.
☺
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Why thank you. ☺️
Please do whenever you get chance.
And I understand. 3 more left I’m guessing, right?
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2 more. Published 3rd one last Friday. ‘Look…don’t just see’ was the 3rd post .☺
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Oh yeah, I miscalculated. My bad 🙊
I think I read it in my way home, I don’t think I left a comment. Let me do that asap. 😬🙊
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Ha ha. I checked now. Don’t see any comments from you. ☺
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My apologies.
I actually forgot too what I wanted to say at that time. 😬🙈
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Hota hai hota hai. It’s fine really. But your comments were worth the reminder. ☺
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My apologies about that.
Haha, thank you. 😬🙈
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Yeah demons are supposed to be locked inside you otherwise it’s a complete disaster…for me, it ended up a lot of things till this day haha….
Btw what should I call you….enigma?! Yeah right! I like your username
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It would be better if Umar dont harbour any demons inside us to lock them up.
Oh, is it? Sorry to hear that. But I hope that there are no demons on your side.
You can give a name as well, but Enigma should be fine.
Thank you. 😊
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Haha most of the time I was confused about if it was my demon or theirs….cause at the end I was the one who was blamed, that’s how the demon took birth and got stronger. Now no one likes to be by my side and I don’t like being with them too….but that’s alrightttt 🙂
Enigma would be nice to call you 😀
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I am sorry to hear that.
You know we can make a demon group where all of us could hang out or something. 😁
Haha. Thank you. 😊
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What do you mean by “all of us”?! Haha no I’m happy with my darkness trapped within me, it’s just beautiful how it is….
Have a great day ahead 😀
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Well, nevermind. You are not the one feeling isolated. So, that’s all good.
That’s nice. As long as you are happy with it.😁
Well, day is ending. Eitherway, have a nice day yourself. Take care. 😊
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Your blog is a heaven for me..I truly loved your blog😁😁😁🌹🌹🌹Keep rocking
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You’re too kind to say that.
Thank you very much. 😊
You too keep writing and ticking.☺️
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wow just, WOW! keep the good work up
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Thank you. 😊
You too.
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Beautifully written!
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Thank you. ☺️
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Love this post… More than that ,liked the tagline ‘Lost in the echo’.The place no one can return from…
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Thank you very much. 😊
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Very relatable. I don’t answer questions because they really don’t care to know the truthful answer. But if they did, they wouldn’t have the time. Awesome writing!
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Exactly. Right to the dot.
Why, thank you. 🙂
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hey i nominated u for the quill commander award, check it out 🙂
https://writingpoetry53260872.wordpress.com/2018/03/02/quill-commander-award/
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Oh, thank you. 🙂
That is so generous of you. I shall check the post and get at it asap. Thanks again. 😀
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Also for the versatile blogger award if u didn’t know
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Oh, sorry. I missed that post.
I am just checking it right now.
P.S.: I will give you a suggestion, if you don’t mind. You can backlink to people. That is if you provide someone’s blog link as a link in the editor, it will automatically notify them and they can come to your blog to check the same. I hope I made sense. 😛
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Backlink, link in the editor???
I m lost here enigma 😦
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Ok.
Suppose you want to link me in your post. You can do the following.
1. Write the text you want the readers to see : Say “A Universe Fireflie”
2. Select the text in the quotes above.
3. Copy the link “https://writingpoetry53260872.wordpress.com/”
4. Click on the link option in the editor or click “Ctrl + K” and paste the link.
5. It will directly link to the person you want to link and it will come as a comment to them.
I hope I made it a bit more clearer now. 😛
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and then u say I M KIND!
look at uuuu.
Anyways, i think i did this to ur post. Can u see whther i did it right. pllllleeeaseee
https://writingpoetry53260872.wordpress.com/2018/03/02/quill-commander-award/
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Yeah, you are kind.
Okay you did right. Congratulations. 🙂
Link to the latest post or their About page, which will have more chances of it’s visibility.
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kay THANKYOU!!!
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You’re welcome. 😀
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Could relate to myself while reading this.
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I had hoped that no one should relate to this. It’s not a retry place to be in. 😣
Thank you for dropping by.
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I don’t know why but I could just feel the connection somewhere maybe..
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I can totally understand. As much as I don’t want someone to have had gone through such phase, there are people who have gone. So; just want to let them know that they are not alone and if at all I would be more than glad to help. 😁
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Thank you for being so positive and supportive to such people. Our world needs more people like you. 😊
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Always.
And Thank you. ☺️
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I can totally relate to this. It is deep and i hope you get the strength to move on asap from this pain.
Sometimes we do not need any suggestion, opinions, solutions for our pain and problems. But all we need is an understanding heart and someone who can listen to us and not be judgmental. And In-case you need someone who could just listen to you, then always here… 🙂
Keep smiling 🙂 God bless you 🙂
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Thank you. You’re too kind to say that. 😊
And yes, so absolutely right. Sometimes all we need is someone to listen to and be there when everything else falls apart.
And thank you very much for the offer. I will keep that in mind. 😊
You too keep smiling. And God bless you too. ☺️
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Your welcome 🙂 And thank you Enigma 🙂 Hope to know your real name soon 🙂
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Hopefully soon.😬
I am sort of anonymous but i usually get to the name sharing over email. 🙊
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Hahaha ok as you wish 🙂
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We shall connect over email sometime 😬
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Sure 🙂 Pleasure is mine 🙂
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I read few of your writings and each one of them made me feel the pain you pour in those words.
Good that you write it out, it helps a little.
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First of all, thank you for dropping by. I really appreciate it. 🙂
Yeah, I am glad that I write too. Or used to write. I haven’t written in a long while. I hope to get back to this as soon as possible.
Thank you. 🙂
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My pleasure. 🙂
Hope to see your new piece soon. Keep writing.
🙂
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Thank you. I hope to write as soon as possible. 🙂
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It is about keeping the demons inside. Yes.
I can feel it , i can relate.
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I had hoped that no one had demons inside them or to someone feel what I feel. But I hope that they don’t stay inside long enough.
Thank you so much for dropping by. 🙂
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I hope the same. I hope to somehow tame our demons, if that was possible.
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I guess someone could. We just need to find that person. And the way we could ever find that person is through talking. Locking ourselves up won’t help us at all.
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And that is why i love to interact with, meet new people. You might suddenly find someone like that.
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I too try to do the same. But the challenge that I face is people trusting someone else. Especially, a complete stranger. It’s not easy for them. They couldn’t trust their friends and a stranger is a far fetched approach.
And I am glad that you try and interact with people. We need more people like you. 🙂
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woah!! so dangerous demons are locked up inside!! it’s somewhere related to me! 🙂
profoundly written! ❤ ❤ 😀 😀
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I had hoped that no one would relate to this. Because it’s not a good place to be in.
And thank you very much. 😊
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yeah not-so-good-place to be in but sometimes we get solace only from it you see!!
❤ ❤ ❤ 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
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Yes, solace, I completely understand that.
😊
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😀 ❤
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😁😊
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Ooooh, I agree.
We build walls to just shut up our demons!!!
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We do that, don’t we?
And that mostly turns out to be the reason why some of us are so closed up.
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Exactlty..
And why not? I mean being closed up is better than being played with, right?
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Yes, that’s we don’t let anyone in, even if their intentions are pure to the heart.
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So it again comes down to taking or not taking the risk, whether we are willing to take that risk or not!!
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Exactly.
And from our experience. Taking that risk is what got us into this place.
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So, now what?
Do you have the courage to take that risk again?
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This blog is created to serve that very inhibition.
I still haven’t gotten around to it. But I hope to get there soon.
And… see people ignore, get shocked, and back out. It will be a fun day. I suppose.
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Touching
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Thank You. 🙂
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there’re always they and there’s always you. from the poets of XVI to the poets XXI – nothing changes … don’t u think? 🙂
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Touche.
Well said.
Yes, nothing changes.
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Thought provoking post. Congrats!
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Why, thank you. 🙂
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You’re welcome!
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🙂
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We build walls to keep our demons… interesting
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We do, don’t we?
Thank you for dropping by. 😊
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Dude, I feel you! I really do!
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Thanks man. I’m glad you do.
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You’re glad that I myself feel like a shit? Dayum!
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I am glad you shared.
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I already knew what you meant.
I was just kinda… Idk fucking around. Sorry.
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That’s alright. Nothing to apologise for.
I know what you feel, sort of. And I am there if you want to talk, about anything.
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I’m here too, just in case you feel like popping someone clean off.
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Thank you very much. Really appreciate it. 🙂
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The quote you started with… That was the best part of this post.
Truly said, sometimes we build walls to block people, so they are not let into the twisted dark mess we can be. Not everyone is capable of being able to handle it!
Beautiful ❤
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Thank you.
I’m glad you like the quote.
Yes, not everyone is capable enough. While a few others don’t want to.
Thank you. 😊
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You’re welcome!
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Excellent quote.
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