What do you say?

What do you say?

What do you say when you’re feeling empty?

When you want to give up?

When people ask how you are?

What do you say?

What do you say when you’re tired?

Tired beyond repairing?

And you can’t seem to do a thing?

What do you say?

What do you say when you have no response?

When you can’t seem to get the words out?

When you’re stuck in between?

What do you say?

What do you say when you repress your feelings?

When you hide them from everyone?

When you can’t say a word?

What do you say?

What do you say when no one can help you?

When you can’t find light?

When life is a dark purgatory?

What do you say?

What do you say when people smile?

When they say “hi”?

When they ask what’s wrong?

What do you say?

What do you say when you find empty tears roll out of your eyes?

When every tear makes the emptiness grow more and more?

When you can’t seem to find a reason?

What do you say?

What do you say when people try to help?

When you push them away?

When you try to fade into the coexistence of an average life?

What do you say?

What do you say when you have no trust?

When you’re always scared?

When you can’t get too close?

What do you say?

What do you say when you want it to end?

When you pick up the bottle?

When you pour them into your delicate hands?

What do you say?

What do you say when you take them?

When you take them all at once?

When you wash them down with the cold water?

What do you say?

What do you say when you’re just barely breathing when you wake?

When you dread every breath?

When you put a blade to your skin?

What do you say?

What do you say when you feel the life draining out of you?

When it reminds you how to feel?

When you can’t seem to catch that last breath?

What do you say?

Because I haven’t figured it out yet.