Do not tell me your life is perfect...
Tell me there are bad days too.
Tell me it sucks sometimes.
Tell me most of your days were messed up and you were so damn sad it drove you crazy.
Let me know about those days you stayed awake in the night crying your eyes out praying for things to get better.
Tell me about your sleepless nights, those nights you tried so much to forget your sorrows and close your eyes but sleep never came.
Tell me your eyes were swollen because you cried all night not because you were tired.
Tell me how shitty life can be or about your struggles.
Tell me your challenges are weighing you down yet you chose to smile through it.
Tell me how long it took you and how much you struggled to laugh again.
Tell me, because then I will believe you...

© ogechukwu