How do you smile…[angry] <prosody rate="slow">text</prosody>
when nothing inside you feels okay?”[angry] <prosody rate="slow">text</prosody>
I’ve tried… so many times.[angry]
To fit in…[angry]
To belong…[angry]
To be like everyone else.[angry]
I laughed when they laughed…[whisper]
I stayed quiet when I was hurting…[angry]
I pretended I was fine… even when I wasn’t.[angry]
But no matter what I did…[angry]
it never felt real.[angry]
Because the truth is…[angry]
the more I tried to fit