I say I'm fine,
I say I'm okay,
I say I'll get up.
But the truth is,
I'm not.

I'll put on masks,
I'll plaster smiles
Just to make you guys
Feel assured.

I'll use words
That mean nothing
Just to make you guys
Feel reassured.

With every burden
Placed on my shoulders
I get worse
And worse.
With every forced smile
With every forced laugh
I sink deeper and deeper.

When people try and help
Instead of lifting weights from my ankles,
They add more
And more
I am drowning.

Stress doesn't disappear
Not for me
I push it down
Ignore it
Like a annoying fly
It comes back in full force
And haunts me.

I try and work
I try and try
But I just can't.

I am drowning.

_writers note_

;-; this is kinda what I'm feeling ish right now?

I'm really stressedwjjsjenwmam

Baai