R U OK? (2025)

This is darkness, not sadness. It’s acceptance.
For a long time, I only shared uplifting art,
thinking that was all I was allowed to show,
almost like forcing myself to be happy all the time,
while suppressing anything negative.

Then one day, I finally said, “No.”
When I’m sad, I’m sad.
When I’m happy, I’m happy.
I won’t lie to myself.

This is darkness, not sadness.
It’s acceptance.

Not Minted