Into the Depths of Reality

By Ekteena Islam

Reality is a hard thing to face. Sometimes, it can be difficult to process something that has happened to us in the past, or is currently happening to us at the moment. Words that are unspoken, Truths that are hidden. These are words, spoken for people without a voice. I myself have trouble finding my own voice a lot of the times, and so everything in this book is a way of expressing myself. Most of the things written are personal, the rest are thoughts. Deep thoughts. I don’t usually think out loud but for the people that have trouble voicing their mind and their opinion, this may be the right book.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris AU
• Release date: Jan 9, 2023
• ISBN: 9781669833840

Ekteena Islam

I’m a 15-year-old girl. I like to voice my opinion when the time is right. I’ve grown up as an only child all my life, so most things I write are either from experience or just thoughts I hope to speak out loud. I want to be heard and validated. I want other people with similar experiences to also feel heard and validated. I’m big on mental health, as I think everyone should get a chance to tell their story. So here I am, writing about mine.

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No matter how our story ended,

between our hello and goodbye,

there was happiness

and comfort.

We will both experience it again one day.

But in another story.

On a separate chapter.

With a different person.

Although the thought of my life without you hurts me,

I know I have to let go.

Otherwise, I know I’ll find myself running back to you

with just an ‘I’m sorry’.

Maybe it’d hurt less if we end our story here.

Maybe one day we will both be as close as we were.

Maybe we can have our happy ever after together.

But for now,

it’s our goodbye.

It went from chatting once or twice a week to talking every day after school.

We’d always talk.

We would always laugh at the silliest things.

We would cry together whenever we’d get bad on a test.

For the first time in a long time,

I felt alive again.

Because of you,

I felt a connection,

a connection which I haven’t felt in a long time.

It felt great.

It felt like my progress wasn’t all for nothing.

But then I lost it all over again.

We may not share anymore memories, but

at least we will always share the same sky.

We will always lay underneath the same stars

shining bright above us,

although you shone as bright as all of them combined, and

I wish you were here so I could tell you.

But at least you will never be beneath the same