I live within myself,
learning my own silence.
I have become my own friend,
yet my hardest enemy lives within me.
Every day, a battle rises inside me...
one part of me tries to break me,
to crush my spirit.
And every day, another self awakens,
quietly rebuilding what was destroyed.
I do not search for enemies outside,
nor do I depend on friends for strength,
because the courage I need
grows within me—
forged in battles no one ever sees.

Sufi

Art: Victo Ngai