Title: "The Weight Behind ‘how's It Going? '" Comments

(A lone figure stands under a dim streetlamp, rain slicking the pavement. They speak with a mix of frustration, longing, and a subtle vulnerability.)
"How's it going? "
*Ah, those three simple words… How deceptively light they feel on the tongue! How innocuous they seem, tossed casually between strangers, friends, even lovers. ‘How's it going? ' - as if the world could be summed up in such a fleeting syllable dance.
I've asked it… I've answered it… a thousand times. And yet, I wonder… who truly listens? Who wants to hear the trembling of a soul, the cracks in a heart, the silent screams behind the forced smile?
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