Signs

Have you ever been sad? Or upset? Felt a pain in your heart that absolutely ached? Well, have you ever messaged someone, And you didn't tell them that anything was wrong? You gave small answers; yes, no You told small fibs; I'm fine, just tired You changed the way you normally spoke Didn't you want them to notice? Want them to say, I know something's wrong? To give encouraging words to lift your spirit? To put new life into your sadness? But when they asked, you said, No, don't worry, I'm alright? Why? I don't know We want to be noticed, But don't want to bother others We're scared to share our pain Let anyone else in We think, It's fine, I can handle this myself Even as we sit in a corner, Sobbing hard and painfully into no one but ourselves And we tell ourselves to stop But when we're alone, all we have are our gloomy thoughts The pessimistic ones The ones that say that it's not gonna get better That we should just deal with it And another voice says it's right, That you'll feel pain again soon, So hurry up and get over this That's why we hide To not just fool our closest ones But to fool ourselves Because we're scared We feel alone Even if we're not We hide our hearts from the world We rely only on ourselves, And sometimes, no one Especially when you begin to doubt yourself But even as we hide, Something throws out signs to others Because there's always that trapped little voice Begging for someone to help To relieve the pain And the loneliness And the hatred And the grief We WANT to be heard But, it doesn't always happen