Mental disorders

I can hear the woman

Next to me breathing.

I can hear the man

Next to me thinking.

I can hear the voices

Screaming in my head.

I wish I could fill the room

With airy silence.

I wish I could slow

My speeding heart

And itchy fingers,

But no one knows.

They are unaware

Of the girl with a

Million voices in her head,

A sudden noise or jolt

Can put my whole body in a frenzy.

In that moment, I swear

I'm going to die.

No one knows

Of the girl with anxiety and depression

Because everything is in her head,

Or maybe the world would be a better place.

If only emotional pain was as visible

As the scars she tries to conceal with

Foundation that is too dark for her skin.