You observe as silent tears betray my calm,
I whisper "I am fine,"
Yet you neither question nor probe the depths of my despair,
And I am left to wonder—why does no one dare?
When will you perceive the weight I carry within,
A burden cloaked in secrecy, buried beneath my skin?
The world continues its ceaseless rotation,
Yet no remedy arrives, no swift salvation.

The pressure intensifies, an invisible vice tightening within,
A burden so immense I struggle simply to begin.
Life feels like an unending...