Please don’t ask

you ask me if I'm okay?

I'm not

I won't

I can't.

I try so hard to be brave, and it's exhausting

I'm so tired.

Please, help me

You don't mean those words when you ask, how are you?

I'm tired, I'm trying, and crying half the time. We're all a mess-

You don't want to hear about that, and I don't want your apologies.

I just want My Mom back.

I want for her to be okay, to know if she's all right, but I can't ask her.

So please, don't ask me, you might not even get an answer at all.

7.4.2020