Why Am I Still Stuck? (I)

It feels like everyone else found a way forward. They're laughing louder now, moving faster, thriving in a world I still don’t know how to live in. And me? I’m still here. Still stuck. Still standing in the shadow of who I used to be. I look back at sixth grade— my golden days. Before things broke inside me. Before I forgot how to focus. Before I stopped feeling proud of the person I was becoming. I was doing well. I believed in myself once. But then I changed schools. Met people who felt like home but cracked the foundation under me without even knowing it.