You ask me ‘How are you?’
I say ‘I’m okay’
We smile, and we talk
And continue our day

You ask me ‘How are you?’
I tell you ‘I’m fine’
Because I’m not ready
To cross that line

You ask me ‘How are you?’
I respond ‘I’m alright’
While I put on a smile
And continue the fight

The fight to keep my feelings hidden
The fight to keep it all inside
The fight to keep you in the dark
While I’m trying not to lose my light

I managed to hide my feelings so well
Some days I felt like an empty shell
I put on my armour and pushed you away
Until I opened up one day
Until I found the courage to share
Until I decided that I don’t care

Don’t care that you will know my grief
Don’t care about what others believe

I am enough the way I was born
And although for some time I felt forlorn
Felt lonely, felt hopeless, felt incomplete
My story does not make me weak

I grew stronger,
Grew sure of who I am
And my future’s no longer
Without happy end.

SiTa

@sita.storytelling