When the Bandage Falls

The world asks for composure. For smiles. For stability. So we tighten the bandage. We cover the mouth that trembles. We silence the fracture in our voice. We pretend the chaos outside does not echo inside. But tension builds. And no matter how carefully we wrap ourselves, the bandage always falls. This piece explores forced resilience in a collapsing world... the fragile performance of normality before the mask slips.