NaPoWriMo 2010 Day 8

-I'm Okay.-

I'm okay. I'm okay. I'm okay.
I keep repeating
To myself
In hopes that one day soon it will be completely true.
That I won't feel empty
Or like I'm somehow lying

I'm okay. I'm okay. I'm okay.
I keep repeating
To those around me
Because I care enough to keep it hidden.
They don't need to know
It's better that they don't

I'm okay. I'm okay. I'm okay.
I keep repeating
To the dark curving road
With it's pools of light formed by the street lamps.
As I grit my teeth
Against what you're not supposed to say

I'm okay. I'm okay. I'm okay.
I keep repeating
To the familiar patterns of my pillow case.
The only one who will listen
When the tears won't stop
And the world becomes to much for me to bare