Don’t Worry About Me

I lie to hide my feelings,

because talking about them

means they're real.

I lie to seem safe,

so that my friends and family don't

pester me about my mood.

I lie so I can keep taking my pills,

prescription drugs that don't do a thing,

but they make other people feel better about my health.

I lie to sip the bittersweet wine of distrust.

I lie to be allowed my freedoms.

I lie because it's easier than the truth.

I lie because

I've been doing it for so long

that I don't know how

to tell the truth.