
THIS HEART WON’T SHUT DOWN
I woke up in a quiet room, felt the ghost of what I used to be. Lost a piece of who I was, slipped between the cracks of memory. Some say pain fades with time — some say you just get used to the ache, but my chest still knows the weight of every loss no one else can take. I saw her face in the mirror — a flicker, not a full recall, her voice a pull inside my bones, not gone, but off the wall. They said it’s just time, that I’ll forget and I’ll move on — but forgetting feels like giving up… and this heart won’t shut down. Wait — don’t breathe slow — feel it in your bones — that’s truth, not shadow. This heart won’t shut down, even when the world says end. Even when I’m bleeding silence, I’ll find a voice again. This heart won’t shut down — it aches, it bleeds, it breaks — but every beat is proof: I rise because this heart won’t shut down. I remember nights I whispered truths my lips never said in day. I remember fights with myself, the push, the fire, the sway. Everyone told me just let go, but letting go felt like loss — like giving up on tomorrow and signing in blood the cost. Sometimes strength feels like shaking, sometimes courage just feels afraid — but fear can’t steal what’s rooted deep inside the heart that won’t obey. They said the past should be buried — a name erased, a wound closed tight — but here I am, still breathing, still ready for another fight. Wait — don’t calm it — let the fire in you be your signal. This heart won’t shut down, even when the world tries to kill. Even in the darkest silence, I’m up — I’m alive — I’m real. This heart won’t shut down — it hurts, it grows, it fights — and every beat remembers that I still bring the light. I lost pieces I thought were safe, names and faces in the blur. But every wound in this body was teaching me what I would endure. They said move on, stop the grieving, as if pain was something you could choose — but pain is proof that you once cared — and caring’s the thing you never lose. So let it ache, let it burn, let every scar raise its voice. I don’t pretend that I’m whole — I just refuse to be destroyed. This heart won’t shut down, even when the world says gone. Even when the night feels endless, I rise with every dawn. This heart won’t shut down — it cries, it fights, it stands — and every beat I carry is the strength in trembling hands. This heart won’t shut down — and neither will I.


