Not Okay

I'm not okay

But would you ever know?

I paint on a face

And walk around

An empty shell

Of what was one

Shaky smiles

Confused for laughter

Red eyes

For sleepless nights

They don't see

I'm not fine

No matter how much

I insist I am

I'm breaking down

Crumbling a little

Every passing hour

My world is imploding

And no one

NOTICES

I thought I would make it

But I'm starting to wonder

How long it will be

Till that clock ticks away.

 
 

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