I’m tired,
but not the kind of tired sleep can fix.
I’m soul-tired.
Tired of carrying a heart that feels too much
in a world that keeps asking me to feel less.
I laugh too loud so no one hears the ache.
I pour into others so they won’t notice
how empty I sometimes feel.
I smile in pictures even when my chest feels like it’s caving in.
Even when my brain is screaming:
You’re not enough. You’re too...