In May, people talk about mental health,
but some people
have been screaming in silence for years.
People who learned how to smile
even when, inside,
everything was falling apart.
Because sometimes sadness
cannot be seen.
It hides behind good grades,
behind jokes,
behind an “I’m tired”
that really means much more.
No one sees mental battles.
No one hears the noise
inside a mind
that cannot rest.
And even so,
every day there are people
making the effort to stay alive
even when nobody notices.
Maybe that’s what May is about:
remembering
that the mind also needs help,
that asking for it does not make you weak,
and that even the person
who seems the happiest
might be breaking inside.