‘you have it easy’
they told her.

she smiled.

if only they knew,
about the time when she broke down on the bathroom floor.
when the air felt too heavy to pass it down the lungs.
and not a single sigh escaped her chapped lips.

if only they knew,
when she didn’t have the strength to wake up.
all she wanted was to vanish in the cocoon of her blanket.
when the voices in her head screeched to the point of numbness.

‘you have it all’
they assumed.

she smiled.

-Awditi