Rania Naim

I’m slowly learning that the essence of life is change and letting go is part of it. I’m slowly learning that letting go is not a bad thing. That letting go may be a blessing in disguise.

I’m over confusing butterflies with love because you don’t chase love, you don’t hold love in your hands for a few seconds before it flies away.

Every storm comes with a blessing, every storm destroys something to rebuild something else.

‘I never meant for this to happen,’ you say but it’s just bad timing and I pretend like timing is a valid reason and tell you ‘timing makes all the difference.’ Because that’s what everyone says.

Because a lot of people secretly love that you’re intimidating and they see how far it’s getting you but they just don’t want it to exist so they can remain in control, so they can remain one step ahead.

And when we hit rock bottom, you dig through the dust to find us, you use all your strength to pick us up, you carry us out of the darkness and into the light.

Maybe it’s about letting go of all the things you want to run away from, of all the things that are holding you down. Maybe you’ll find your place when you learn to stay instead of running away.

I want us to exchange secrets instead of lies. I want us to be foolishly open instead of selfishly guarded.