Zelda Vanrooyen

I act like im fine.

You know I act like I’m fine

when other girls speak to you—

like it doesn’t touch me,

like I don’t notice.

I keep it calm,

shrug it off,

play it cool

like it’s nothing.

But inside…

it’s loud.

A quiet kind of breaking,

a tight feeling in my chest

I pretend isn’t there.

Because I get jealous—

not loud, not crazy,

just this soft fear

that maybe

I could lose you.

And I hate that feeling,

hate how much you matter,

how one small thing

can shake me like this.

So I smile,

look away,

act like I’m unbothered.

But the truth is—

I’m not.

It’s just…

I love you

in a way that makes me

feel like I have everything

and something to lose

at the same time.