Year I Stopped Pretending

Everyone asks how you are. You always say fine.But you're not fine. You haven't been fine in a while. You smile at work, you perform at dinner, you post the photo, you say the right thing at the right time to the right people. And when you get home, when the door closes and the audience is gone, you sit in a silence that feels nothing like peace and everything like a life you don't recognize anymo...