4am Thoughts

Speak Up

I wake up everyday and tell everyone I'm ok

But the truth is I'm not ok

And it's ok to not be ok as long as you recognize that you're not ok

It's ok to not be ok as long as you're honest to yourself about the fact that you're not ok

But it's not ok to blatantly lie to yourself to the point that you don't know when to get help

I've always been told "Fake it till ya make it"

That if you force yourself to smile long enough that it'll eventually come naturally and you'll find yourself happy

And that's ok when you're just walking through life with strangers

But it's not ok when you're riding in the car with the person you love and they ask how you are and you look them in the face and say "I'm ok" when you know the voices inside your head are screaming at you to speak up

It's ok to not be ok

But it's not ok to not speak up.