What do you do
when your jaw clenches
so tight that you feel your
teeth crashing together to choke
back the emotions you're bottling up?

Hold it in.
Don't break open.
The raw form of you
is simply too vulnerable
to share with others. No, just
a select few are privileged to an
uglier version of inside that you mask.

Eventually, though,
you'll unravel. Coming un-
done from the charade you put
forth for the world to see. Phantom
emotions to cloud what you truly feel
will fade just like the people you think
are there to support you & your chaos.