Holding my breath.
Biting my tongue.
Donning my mask.
Is this what it takes to never be alone?

I used to feel.
I used to love.
I used to trust.
And now I don't know myself anymore.

Hear me cry.
Hear me scream.
Can't you hear my pain,
Because it's deafening to me.

See my brokenness.
See my loneliness.
Can't you see my hopelessness,
Because it's obvious to me.

Suffocating to death.
Biting my tongue
Becoming the mask.
This is what it takes to never be alone.