On nights when painful memories suddenly return | The body knows a little more

The day when scars soften

The season arrives when you hesitate over the length of your sleeves.

I tried to take it off, but stopped.
The morning was still cold, so I put it back on.

I think scars have seasons like that, too.

I have heard that even after a broken bone heals, that spot feels a little heavier on rainy days.

The scars haven't disappeared; they have simply become a part of the body.

The fact that there are days when they feel heavy might be a sign that they are still there.

Even though the pain you once felt should be over, a sudden trigger can cause
the same spot to ache quietly.

You might feel a little bewildered, thinking you were already okay.

It doesn't mean you've regressed,
but perhaps it just means that the memory of the pain is still lingering there.

Just as an old wound reacts faintly when exposed to a cold wind.

But if you look closely, you might find that it is a little different than before.

You are now able to stand still for a moment in a place you previously had no choice but to avoid.

Without realizing it, your body may have spent time changing how it handles that pain.

You don't have to force yourself to forget, and you don't have to rush to overcome it.

Just,“I am able to stand still a little longer than before”if you ever feel that,
that is enough.

It is not that the wounds have disappeared, but that I have become able to touch them a little, even as they are.

I think that is enough for today.

Like a morning when you cannot decide on your sleeves, it is okay to still be in the middle of things.

There are days when, even if you do not rush, your body is already walking a little bit ahead.

Yukino

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