A Message

Dear Friend,

I have something cold and dark to disclose.

It is a secret whose voice

Is tired.

It is exhausted.

It sleeps all day but wakes up wanting more.

It is weak

and it is dry.

It is a deceiving

secret.

It wakes up

and disguises itself as though

it is worthwhile.

It is not.

It is draining.

It skips meals

and lashes out.

It is everything

nobody wants to

identifies with.

But I identify

with it.

It is who I am, but only in my

eyes.