They Told Me
December 3, 2018
Filed under Literary Magazine
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They told me you were quiet –
I sit alone in my room
trying to convince myself that people care about me
– but they told me –
and I can never quite make myself believe it
but I hide the fear with a smile that feels too wide
and laughter that sounds fake
– they said that you’d never speak –
and sometimes I talk
but the words aren’t mine
and the smile isn’t mine
and nobody’s listening anyway
so why bother?
– but they said –
I defy them, this invisible they.
Gray shadows of people that whisper about me.
When did they become the authority on my life?
Who gave them permission to define me?
Why do you accept their words as fact?
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