Hidden Struggles

Behind the mask of every face

A fragile self, a dangerous place

We're all falling, spiraling down

Into a hell we cannot crown

Is this the real me? I don't know

The lines between us start to blur and grow

Reality splits, conflicts arise

At eighteen, my heart began to despise

The sound of voices, once so clear

Now trigger panic, crippling fear

Social anxiety took its hold

A story that's too often told

Oh, I don't give a shit

I don't give a fuck

But deep inside I'm hurting

My mind's stuck in the muck

This darkness keeps returning

And I'm running out of luck

Sometimes I'm scared of what I've become

Self-hatred and depression, they've won

My heart's a joke, my brain's a game

Talking 'bout myself, it's all the same

But everyone's different, that's what they say

As passion dies with each passing day

So I went to see a therapist

My parents asked, I felt dismissed

"I've been like this before," I said

Words fall flat, they're cold and dead

A habit formed, a life half-lived

No enthusiasm left to give

Oh, I don't give a shit

I don't give a fuck

But deep inside I'm drowning

In thoughts I can't unstuck

This darkness keeps surrounding

And I'm running out of luck