When They Say You’re Doing Well And Really I’m Not Okay

When they tell you how you are and get it all wrong

Photo by Mitchell Hollander on Unsplash

It’s funny when friends tell you you’re doing well and you are so much worse. I correct people because not being okay is a part of me. I’m not here to pretend strength when I don’t have it. I’m that person who wants my poetry to strip away pretense until we just say shit. Say how you…