Writing To Heal

There are wounds that medicine can’t cure. There is pain that can only be released through words. Here, I don’t write because I’m already healed — I write because I’m still in the process. Writing to Heal is where I share how words have saved me. How my trauma slowly found a name. How a woman like me finally found the courage to speak — even if her voice trembles.

@mamimiraparis

1/29/2024

Writing While the Heart Is Still Bleeding

I don’t write because I’m okay.
I write because if I didn’t, maybe I would’ve stopped breathing.

There are nights when only a blank page is willing to listen.
When no one asks, “Are you okay?”
— I answer it myself, through long paragraphs.

Sometimes, the writing is a mess.
Not poetic. Not beautiful. Just raw emotion.

But that’s where I slowly began to learn:
healing isn’t about covering the wound —
it’s about giving it space to speak.

I’m still writing.
And I’m still learning how to heal.

“The wound never disappeared.
But it became ink.”

brown paper and black pen
brown paper and black pen