Poet Hussain Manawer speaks of his darkest struggle in the most imaginative way. We wish for you to share his message, and help him change the world.
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00:00I fought this battle for far too long. I went to war without recruiting an army.
00:07I stared at my enemy with two feet strong. I walked to this frontline like
00:14nothing could harm me and that my friends is where I went wrong. Soldier
00:21your enemy is approaching and it will last till morning. I have seen it too
00:25many times before when the midnight is falling. I went to war without recruiting
00:31an army. Mum it's me. I have been battling demons at night in my sleep. Mum it's me.
00:42I fought this battle for far too long. You see you did everything you could so
00:48please don't panic. No one likes me so I might as well vanish. See I write stories
00:54I write them on my arm. Only I can read them but the doctor calls it self-harm.
00:58When I bleed he tells me to put on a plaster but I'm depressed inside. There's
01:03no bandage for this internal disaster. When I speak of mum I talk mother nature.
01:08She created us all so together surely we should be greater. But mentally where we
01:12stand I am not in favour and to me that problem couldn't be any greater.
01:19We can sail across the Atlantic. We can put a man on the moon. We can discover
01:24life on Mars but we can't give our children food. Because mentally we have
01:28become detached from ourselves and society. So can somebody tell me it's
01:32okay not to be okay and do not tell me quietly.
01:37You see your peace of mind soldiers it makes no sense for us to die for it.
01:58Your war zone is hardship of course but it will lead you to a victory but you
02:02will have to fight for it.
02:07So don't you dare give in.
02:11None of your stories end here. It's only a chapter that has finished.
02:18So feel no shame in guilt in what you feel soldiers.
02:26So yes I went to war and I didn't have an army and I still stare at this enemy
02:33with two feet strong. I refuse to let it define me
02:40and I refuse to let it beat me.
02:45I refuse to have another sleepless night because of what lies beneath me.
02:50Me I'm gonna run to the front line like nothing could harm me.
02:56Because one rising star alone cannot light up the sky.
03:00Which is why I'm here to create an army of fireflies.
03:04So don't you dare give in. Mental health matters and that's the reality.
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