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According to a 2017 study done by me, stardustfalling (PhD in imagination, depression, and depressing poetry), "I'm fine" is the most commonly told lie in the world. Write about it, in any format you choose.
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Extraneous in Stream of Consciousness

I’m fine: I’m not okay.

Outside I cry but inside I die.

A little more everytime I lie.

You never cared, you never tried,

Every day I lose a part of my mind.

Crazy, unstable, unsteady, insane.

To be normal, I try in vain. 

Words felt knife deep,

Afraid to function, afraid to sleep.

Blood spilled every night,

Instead of love, you chose fight.

Compassion is easy... or at least I thought,

But you know what to say to hit the spot.

Your word murder me,

Your actions are the key. 

Six feet deep,

People weep.

How dare you spy,

It's because of you they cry. 

Casket buried, oh God it's mine, 

All because you believed every "I'm fine." 

It was untrue,

and every one of you knew.

Buried beneath trees, 

I no longer beg you please, 

You never listened anyway, 

And for that I pay.

Up the trees climb the vines,

I really was never fine.