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I’m Fine

How are you you? I'm fine, I really am I still wake up in the daylight Wash my body under warm shower, Brush my hair, put on new clothes Trying to kill my time I take the long road, crack cringe jokes And that’s how days pass by, I sleep enough, enough to let my under eyes get darker Eat enough, just enough to keep me alive Talk enough, to let my friends believe I'm alright Just enough, To keep everything occupied And make everything look fine Sometimes I stare at the ceiling Long after the lights are off, waiting for sleep while trouble arrives My mind lingers, How I got so good at pretending? Acting like everything's fine I don’t cry and whine every day now, Just when no one’s around And that’s progress right? So yeah, I'm fine

— Sruti