When no one is around
When you don’t feel like talking
But you need to
Talk to yourself
As if it is your best friend
Your partner
Or your mother
Talk to it
Without putting pressure on
Another human being
Without being secretly judged
By another human being
Without being fully listened
By another human being
When you talk to yourself
You don’t have to open your mouth
Or move your tongue in order to talk
It is all inside of you
Heart and mind conversation
In a language that nobody would understand
It is between you and yourself
Talk to it about
The nightmares you have every night
The trauma you go through after every catastrophic event
With its followed attacks of fast and irregular heartbeats
And about the tears, you unexpectedly shed in a café
Just spit it out
Ask it what to do
Regarding life, regarding feelings
You might come up with advice
You might discover a thing or two
That will help you go on
And dodge the fire
That is lit up around you
Talk to yourself
Just like the movie scene
Where the character split into two halves
They start talking to each other
They think
They come up with an idea
And they reach a conclusion
You might too.
Tell it about
Your anger
Your fears
Your insecurities
Your weaknesses
Tell it
When they give up on you
When they no longer are around
Tell it about
Your hopes
Your desires
Your dreams
Your powerful abilities
Tell it
When they support you
When they hug you
Admit when you did wrong
And when you hurt
Admit when you did right
And when you fix
In the end
It might turn out for the best
It might turn out for the best
Has it ever turned out for the best?

I took this photo on one of the historical sites on an educational trip back when I was in college.
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