You want to be strong. You keep pulling off the sweetest smile. You keep cracking jokes. You keep asking about others. You keep acting cute like a puppy. You keep avoiding eye contact. You keep breaking the silence like you are afraid of it. Why. Why do you keep building brick walls? Why do you confine yourself where you least want to be? You think you are so strong. You think you are fooling everyone, but I can see. The corner of your lips tremble when you smile. Your voice cracks for a second when you try to laugh. You seem relieved when others stop asking about you, but somewhere inside you, another little piece breaks. Because you wanted them to notice. You wanted them to read your eyes. You are begging for salvation. But, at the same time, you would never dare to ask for help. You act cute because you want others to like you. You don’t want to be alone, so you go around giving people what you think they want to see. But the more you fake it, the lonelier you are. You never give anyone a straight answer. You fear getting too personal. You keep repeating the same words. “I’m good, just feeling lazy. I’m great, just tired. I’m good but I’ve a headache. I’m sleepy and hungry. I’m fine. I’m okay. I’m bored…” Stop. Please. Hiding behind lies and silly acts won’t make you strong. You are hurt, aren’t you? Don’t smile at me like that or you’ll break my heart. You don’t have to be okay when your heart doesn’t want to. You don’t have to push everyone away. You have nothing to be afraid of and nothing to be ashamed of. Everyone has their own scars and everyone is lost in their own map. Even the strongest ones have strong weaknesses. You don’t have to be alone. I am here, offering you the crumbs of my heart. Hello, how are you?