I Can't Take Your Hand If You Haven't Reached Out In The First Place

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Any time I'm sad I'll never show it.
Not until I'm alone in my room.
I'll muffle my cries.
I want someone to reach out to but I don't even attempt to text someone for comfort.

And you know what?
My mum in the room next to me won't hear a thing, or at least that's what I believe because she's never asked questions or confronted me.
Actually my friends hardly text to check up on me or notice I'm sad.
Not a single person noticed if I am they'll only assume something's wrong when I don't say a word.
Give
Me
A
Bloody
Break
Sometimes I just don't feel like talking is that so bad?
Am I not allowed to be quite or think for once?

And furthermore, I don't open up to anyone, not fully at least.

There are sides of me people don't know about

not
even
my
parents

Yet, I can't talk to anyone because I don't want a one sided thing. If I can reach out to you when I think you're sad or dealing with something no matter how small why can't you do the same?
It's not a one way street

Don't you understand ?

It's so simple

Please care about me like I care about you
Please
Please
I'm desperate for a shoulder to lean and cry on and yet I stopped trying a long time ago

And the temptation to try and reach out hits really hard sometimes but I resist. I guess sometimes I'm just stronger on my own because that's the way it's always been.

Written: 20/06/19

Finished: 11:00 am

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