it will be okay, we'll be okay (one day)
please, just be honest, stop suppressing it
you hide it and they think you're okay
so they pile more things onto your shoulders
and by the time they realize
you were never okay
you're on the floor
suffocating beneath the debris of
all the obligations, expectations
that were far too heavy for
your body, your being
just know
that it will be okay,
but it's okay if it isn't just yet;
okay?
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