reclaim

She’s getting married… because she’s bored.
Because she didn’t know how to start her own clinic.
Because she needed space from home.
And she thought marriage was the only way out.

Another friend wanted to move abroad.
Marriage seemed like her ticket.
Both of them just wanted freedom.
And this — this seemed like the easiest way.
Because that’s what society teaches us.
That this is the way.

And I get it.
When everyone around you does something, it starts to look normal.
Even if it’s not right.
Even if it’s not you.

But do we really ask:
Do I want this?
Will it make me happy?

Most don’t.
Because asking means facing the answer.
And sometimes, that answer terrifies us.

But I believe nature finds a way to correct what isn’t true to us.
When we go off-course, life nudges us back.
There is no running from our truth.
We all know it — in our gut, in our bones.

I don’t want to repeat their mistakes.
I want to learn from them.
I feel different.
But maybe I’m not different — maybe I’m just real.

They know it too, deep down.
That they’re choosing convenience over truth.

I wish they had the courage to act on what they already know.
I wish I did too.

Heartbreaks come and go.
But we don’t end with them.
They’re just chapters, not the whole story.

We are built of more.
We have strength running through our blood.
We can let go of love that isn’t ours right now.
And still dance.
Still rise.
Still go on.