i am but a simple sentence.

Extracurricular Activities

You spend your days out on the field.

I spend my days under a blanket of tears.

You attempt to make something of yourself.

I attempt to make nothing of myself.

You try to understand why we are the way we are, the way I am.

I try to forget who I am at the bottom of a bottle.

You spend your days trying to fix me.

I spend my days proving you can't fix something so irreparably broken.

You spend your days smiling so bright.

I spend my days lying through the teeth I should be smiling with.

You spend your days with a pencil to paper.

I spend my days with a knife to my wrist.

You spend your days writing thank you's.

I spend my days writing out my goodbye's.

"Does that answer your question, sir? Those are my extracurricular activities."