A Cry For Help No One Hears

That feeling like youre screaming underwater and everyones just walking by like its quiet

A Cry No One Hears

This is a cry for help —
but it doesn’t sound like one.

It sounds like
“I’m fine.”
Like nervous laughter.
Like changing the subject.

It looks like
showing up anyway.
Smiling anyway.
Breathing anyway.

My lungs are full of silence.
My chest, a locked room.
I keep knocking from the inside
but the walls
don’t echo back.

Maybe I got too good
at hiding the cracks.
Maybe pain is only visible
when it’s loud.

But mine is quiet —
a soft unraveling,
a slow disappearing
in plain sight.

This is a cry for help.

If you’re listening…
please
don’t let me fade
so politely.