Appearances are cheap when the emotions don't run as deep.
*Trigger warning for Nausea/Bile and Blood
Graphic by Sheridan Williamson Fraser (Graphic Designer, The Continuist) IG: @swilliamsonfraser
By Nayab Ahmar (she/her, IG: @nayabcreativespace)
Content Creator (Poetry & Fiction), The Continuist
it takes so much effort
to always smile, while
my insides ache like bile
is coming up my chest
I don’t want to lie but I do
it takes so much effort
to be.
am I strange for not caring?
for wearing this mask,
that became normal
to me.
I don’t want to save the world
or to make a change for the
better.
I’m so small, so irrelevant
really tell me, what does it
matter?
whether I shatter and stain
the ground with my shards
blood is my only constant
everyone else comes and goes
everything else is temporary
a moment, a memory
So, is it worth it to wear a mask?
is it worth it to take up this task?
I’m afraid the reality is
without it I won’t survive.
So, I’ll keep smiling, keep caring
because I do, don’t I? care.
it doesn’t take so much effort
to always smile, believe me.
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