The Overlapping Shadow

There it is, baby. The overlapping shadow of the world outside. Do you see it? Are you able to see what mama sees?

So here’s the thing, darling. This world is not just one straight arrow going one way, it’s so many bended ones overlapping with one another; scattered around with so many destinations of each.

And people is so much like those arrow; bended. Circumstances and situations bend the arrow to the left, then right, then left again, and so on and so on.

Then the arrow intersect with another arrow that has so many dents within itself already, then both arrows intersect with another arrow yet again.

And those dents, those intersections; those overlaps are exactly what makes our world as beautiful as it is right now.

People with the overlapping shadows in their interactions of one another and their interactions within themselves. As complex and as beautiful as they are.

So please, there’s no need to be ashamed of every history of ours & our own body, okay? Be proud of what you are, and be hopeful of what you can be.

Mama loves you, bebe.

Xoxo.

Ananda Khaira Azizah,

Pekanbaru, 10 April 2025.

Hari Kamis, pukul 9 pagi.

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