a shadow

 assalamualaikum w.b.t...

I love to be available all the time in peoples life; not as a person, but as a shadow

I don’t always need to be seen, or named, or remembered in bold letters..

I’ve never been drawn to the spotlight, never felt the need to take up space just to prove that I’m there..instead, I find comfort in the in-between - the soft, unnoticed places where presence doesn’t demand recognition..

I love to be available to everyone,

not as a person standing in front of them,

but as a shadow walking beside.

A shadow doesn’t ask to be acknowledged..

It doesn’t interrupt, doesn’t impose, doesn’t insist on being understood..

It simply stays - steady, quiet, constant..

Sometimes, being a shadow means listening more than speaking..it means holding space for someone’s chaos without trying to rearrange it.

It means showing up in the smallest ways - a message, a glance, a silent understanding - and letting that be enough..

There is a kind of love that isn’t loud.

A kind that doesn’t need grand gestures or visible proof..

It exists in the background, in the stillness, in the way you remain even when no one is looking.

And maybe that’s who I’ve become..

Not the voice people remember,

but the presence they felt when things were heavy..

Not the center of the story,

but the quiet line that held it together..

I don’t mind being unseen; more to i love to be unseen..

Because even shadows have their purpose -

they remind you that you are never truly alone 🤍

xoxo,

yanie