🕯️ Please, World
It took me so long
to understand
what is going on.
I walked through rooms
where nothing made sense
except the ache.
I watched people smile
at lies
that scraped the inside of me
raw.
I thought it was me.
I thought I was wrong
for feeling it.
But now I know.
I see the patterns,
the masks,
the empire of noise
that dresses itself in kindness.
I see who gets erased
and who gets praised
for wearing the same colors
I was punished for.
I am not angry.
I am just
tired
of being awake
alone.
So please,
world—
do not break me.
Not now.
Not when I’ve come
this far.
Just let me stand
in my truth,
without having to burn
for it.