The shadows of laughter

[mint flicker]

They light up rooms like it’s nothing,
laughter easy, words flowing
while I stand on the edges,
Counting every word before I speak.
I love them, truly.
They shine like sunlight through windows
and still,
I wonder why my light feels stuck behind the glass, waiting, forgotten.
When I’m not there, they keep moving, talking, laughing, living
and I? I go quiet. Not because I don’t care,
but because I don’t know how to be anything else.
I wish I could be the one who starts the joke,
not just nod at the punchline.
I wish silence didn’t feel like a weight pressing heavy in my chest.
I wish it was easier to be me
not just quiet, not just unseen.
But maybe- just maybe
my quiet holds a kind of truth.
The kind that listens when no one else will.
The kind that remembers even when forgotten.
And even if they don’t need me to fill the silence, I still ache to matter, just as I am.

[gleaming stone]

I hate it. I don’t hate it. I love it. It’s just insanely relatable 😭😭😭😭😭
I love the light metaphor

[mint flicker]

Thank youuu 💗💗😭😭😭

[ember vault]

Nah, ain't relatable...
I am the light !!!
sarcasm

[mint flicker]

It's goood that's it isn't relatable for you

[summer mountain]

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[mint flicker]

@whole plover @grizzled crescent @tardy harbor @balmy marsh @deep wolf @

@hidden scroll @broken monolith

@loud breach

[grizzled crescent]

Looks like you are in a good friend circle. But even the most smiling and joking person is broken but just hidden

[mint flicker]

So damn true

[hidden scroll]

Ouch, I FEEL oddly vulnerable rn 😔❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 Wonderfully written

[mint flicker]

Thanksssssssssss 💗

[mint flicker]

@vast niche

[vast niche]

this is wonderful.. poignant, moving, beautifully written

well done

[mint flicker]

Thank you
Isme koi mistake nhi hai ya tune btaya nhi ?

[vast niche]

😂 free verse mein mistakes ho hi nahi skti

no rules to break