#being brown

"𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞"

To be, in these parts, is legendary

Tales of many like you — spoken in all tongues

For merely being, comes the searing whip

But on you'll go — you must go

As the stories say, and yours will too,

nothing is lost if you never look back.

— vividdreamer (tumblr)

me :

Me: *speaks loudly*

Auntie: tobah tobah tum bachon ko tameez kisi ne nahi sikhai? Baron se isse bat karte hain? (Has no one taught you kids respect? Is this how you speak with your adults?)

but beneath those jokes are scars and deep wounds.

we dont often speak about how much those expectations affect someone. how hard it is to want something for yourself but not wanting to disappoint your family your parents. how much it hurts when your parents think you’re disrespectful when you do something for yourself, something that makes you happy. when they don’t realise all the million other times you’ve done things to make them happy inspite of your own happiness. and then they just accept fate and live purposeless lives. i can be 26 but i still have no fucking idea what i should be doing with life because i’ve never had that opportunity to figure it out for myself. its always about figuring out for them.