“Hey!”

“Thanks for checking in.”

“I’m doing great.”

“So great.”

“Actually…”

Everythings

Everythings fine!

EVERYTHINGS

EVERYTHINGS FINE!!!

If I say it loud enough

It has to be true… “Doesn’t it?”

If I say it one more time

Will you believe me too?

I always wanted to be like this

Calm, collected, slightly numb

Trapped in a box with good intentions

Killing time until I’m done.

I’ve got coping skills

And a pleasant, well-worn mask

I rehearsed these answers

In case somebody asks

“Are you sure you’re okay?”

HAHA yeah… I’m fine

Everythings

Everythings fine

EVERYTHINGS

EVERYTHINGS FINE!

CAN’T YOU TELL I’M FINE!?

“Um… you don’t seem fine.”

HAHA

No really, I’m fine

See this 😄?

That means you can laugh

And blow this off slowly

See, I made a joke

To lighten the mood… for you

So you don’t have to sit

With something uncomfortably true

I write “lol” defensively

So you don’t get scared

I soften the truth

When I accidentally overshare

If I stop joking

It might get real

And I don’t have time

To explain how I feel

So let’s keep it light

Let’s keep it brief

I’m not, “not okay”

I’m just so very fine this week

“Are you okay?”

YEAH

“Are you sure?”

ABSOLUTELY

“You don’t seem...”

HAHAHA NO REALLY…

Everythings

Everythings fine

S̵̢̡̞̖̬̠̯̱͉̫͔̤̙̫͐̌̃̆͋̐̔͝ͅǫ̴͚̺͎̻͙̝̜̖̠̣͖̳̳̅̀͋͆͠m̷̼̉͋̀̀̽͌͛̽̎͒̐̔͝ȅ̴̡̛̛͈̱̼̗̭̝͓͎̳̠̼̲͑̃̔̿̓͂̒͘͜t̸̠̫̩͖̪̰̩̬͚͎͇̣͑̓́͂͛͜ͅi̷̛͚͚̖̙̣͖̮̟͉̥̭͑̈́̓̓̾͘̚ͅm̷̨̮͎͕̟̮̟͇̳̝̭̖̖̎̐̅̈́̽̕̚͝ͅę̸͖͙̟̮̠̱̺͚̮̉̿̒͆̃̾̏̍̎͜ş̴͓͇̪̲͕̱̻͉͔͎̀̈̔̎̀̂͜ͅ ̵̡̤̻͎̙̠̰͍̥̝̭̺̮͍̻̈Į̷̮̫̯̝̩͔͇͓͔̩̮̭̽̅ ̸̹͖̩̮̘̏́w̴̱͈͖̐͊́́̓̉͆̏͑̿͒̆̚̚̕ä̴̘̹́̆̾̐̈̊̊̓̔̅́̀̔͘͝ñ̴̬͈͖͇̫̪̝̜̖̳̩̜n̴̤̙͈̹͎̪̾̅̀̑̄̐́͠ą̴̨̢̧̰̻͙̦̹̊͋̉̎͆̇̍̾̽̆̋̿̈͠ ̸̢̫͉̦̺̣̼̲̲̺̝̦͉̿̈̊͒̀̅͗̈́̊͐͜͜d̵͉̹̝̮͕̍̾͜ì̷̜͈̻͓͕̟̟̍e̶͍̫̺̯̹͓͍̞̟̣͛͒̿̐̓͌͐͌͘͝

EVERYTHINGS!

EVERYTHINGS FINE!

Did I convince you this time?

Don’t worry about me

I’ve got it handled

I’ve mastered the art

Of playing my part.

“So… how have I been?”

So fucking fine…

Hahaha,

I’m just kidding...

I’m just kidding.