A lot of people describe exhaustion as a sudden burden or sudden realization, but that's not my experience with it at all.

It's the ever creeping closer shadow of the you that you've neglected. The slow decline in emotions or increase in negative ones. The way everything seems to fly by in a blur, while you feel like you're moving at a snail's pace. The way time blends together in a loop, and the way your body can want to run for miles and all your brain wants to do is nap.

It's more than just being excessively tired, it's being bogged down at every step as weights slowly get added. And to top it off comes the word of such a false meaning. Laziness. And it makes you want to yell or cry, or maybe both. You can't tell at this point. It all blends together. Because we're all exhausted.