Questions?
Updated: Dec 15, 2020
Foreword: When asked how I am, whether by those closest to me, who know my mental health battles, or those who are not familiar..this piece is my interpretation how overwhelming one simple question can be to me.
How are you?
How you doing'?
Do I really answer with
I feel hopeless and ruined?
Are you OK?
How you feeling'?
Is it odd that on some days compared to an hour ago
I'm mentally exhausted and free wheeling?
What's up?
You don't seem yourself today?
I've no idea I think to myself
As all of my masks start to fray..
Which one to wear?
Which one to be?
On any given day
All could be me..
The simplest of questions so easy to ask
Yet to find the answer
For me?
Is the hardest of tasks..
They hurt my brain
They make it feel numb
As black as night sky
Devoid of the sun..
Can you smell burning?
Can you smell a fire?
I think it's my brain
With its malfunctioning wires.
(©) Dom Giddy 2020