A Child Kept in the Dark

Who would you be if you started loving yourself?

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Once, there was a child in a cold, forgotten corner of the world who spent their days in the dark, waiting and waiting. It seemed like such a long time. They hoped someone would come to them, but no one did. The silence was thick, weighing against their small chest, making it hard to breathe. Their world became a shadow, where the only thing constant was the absence of light.

The parents who were supposed to love and protect them built an invisible cage around the child that was filled with words of neglect and harsh glances that stabbed deep into the child’s soul — deeper than any physical wound. They didn’t know when the darkness began, but it was all they knew, creeping into their heart and bones until even the light felt foreign — something unreachable.

The child was never allowed to play outdoors or laugh. Their small hands pressed against the walls of their dark world, with no escape — only the constant sense of loneliness. Then, one day, the door to the cage was accidentally left open. The child stepped out, trembling with fear. The world seemed so scary. It wasn’t the home they were familiar with. Everything was so light and bright — almost too bright. The air was refreshing but too open. Each step they took felt uncertain, and the weight of everything they had…