I am... folded
I am small
I make myself invisible.

I hide away
afraid of what they'll say
behind words.

I say
so calmly,
"Which way goes forward?"

But really, inside
I am screaming,
shrieking, and weeping.

Why can't I wake up
from this nightmare?
It feels like I'm in a constant timer.

The clock keeps ticking
and my mind keeps clicking
as my time runs out.

"Do you want to be my friend?"
I said
I'm so stupid.

So sweetly he'd reply,
and I'd wonder why,
When I never tell the truth.

And I'm so afraid
of showing my face
but I trust him.

So when his smile didn't
reach his eyes
I lied.

And he knew it,
he saw right through it,
but he said he was alright.

And in the middle of the night
my time bomb went off
and we met halfway across.