I'm fine
Can't you tell?
Just look in my eyes
Look at the blank and empty stare I give you
And hear my words
Hear the way my voice shakes at first
But you'll never hear a hesitation in the answer
And the way that every day it's always the same response that bursts
I'm fine
I'm always fine
(There's always a lie)
But the people never see
Because a smile and a warm hello
Are enough for those people who wouldn't
give it a second thought.
So of course I'm fine,
why wouldn't I be?
What gives it away?
Is it the way you hear my voice shake?
Is it the fact there's never a hesitation in the answer?
I'm fine
Always
Every second of every day when they ask me.
I'm fine...
Or is it the fact that my smile and warm greeting
are so vastly different from the behaviour I display when I
think no one's watching?
Or maybe I'm thinking about it too much
because no one is ever watching
They're too focused
on the answer
I'm fine.
They never will see the truth
behind the answer because I will never
show
it
to
anyone
And even on the nights that I cry myself to sleep
over a job I feel unable to do
or a life I feel unable to live,
I'm always fine.
The people will never see it
because I'm fine.
I'm always fine.
(There's always a lie)
But no one else will see that
because I carry myself with pride
I hide and show the face life
and the accolades and awards
that I keep up as a wall
because without it,
I'm nothing at all.
I'm not really fine
but the people never see it.
I can never show them the truth
So I write my feelings in sad poetry
The words that come from the pages
are the same as the blood I bleed,
and I'm waiting for someone to read it
to see.
I'm fine.
It's the standard response
that or 'i'm okay'
Or if I can't cover it,
'I'm tired' seems to do the trick
because for those few who actually look,
my behaviour may come across tired.
The sleepy eyes
the slow responses
the way I don't carry myself as tall as usual
"It's all fine,
they're just tired"
I'm fine.
And nobody ever gives it a
second thought.
I'm (not) fine.
Apr 22, 2022
Apr 22, 2022 at 12:09 AM UTC
I'm fine
Can't you tell?
Just look in my eyes
Look at the blank and empty stare I give you
And hear my words
Hear the way my voice shakes at first
But you'll never hear a hesitation in the answer
And the way that every day it's always the same response that bursts
I'm fine
I'm always fine
(There's always a lie)
But the people never see
Because a smile and a warm hello
Are enough for those people who wouldn't
give it a second thought.
So of course I'm fine,
why wouldn't I be?
What gives it away?
Is it the way you hear my voice shake?
Is it the fact there's never a hesitation in the answer?
I'm fine
Always
Every second of every day when they ask me.
I'm fine...
Or is it the fact that my smile and warm greeting
are so vastly different from the behaviour I display when I
think no one's watching?
Or maybe I'm thinking about it too much
because no one is ever watching
They're too focused
on the answer
I'm fine.
They never will see the truth
behind the answer because I will never
show
it
to
anyone
And even on the nights that I cry myself to sleep
over a job I feel unable to do
or a life I feel unable to live,
I'm always fine.
The people will never see it
because I'm fine.
I'm always fine.
(There's always a lie)
But no one else will see that
because I carry myself with pride
I hide and show the face life
and the accolades and awards
that I keep up as a wall
because without it,
I'm nothing at all.
I'm not really fine
but the people never see it.
I can never show them the truth
So I write my feelings in sad poetry
The words that come from the pages
are the same as the blood I bleed,
and I'm waiting for someone to read it
to see.
I'm fine.
It's the standard response
that or 'i'm okay'
Or if I can't cover it,
'I'm tired' seems to do the trick
because for those few who actually look,
my behaviour may come across tired.
The sleepy eyes
the slow responses
the way I don't carry myself as tall as usual
"It's all fine,
they're just tired"
I'm fine.
And nobody ever gives it a
second thought.
I'm (not) fine.
Haven't written on here in a hot second so here's a slightly edited version of a poem I wrote real quick a few months back!