Easy

It's easy to tell somebody to stop being sad.

It's easy for them to tell you they're okay.

It's easy to tell somebody you're there for them.

It's easy for them to forget.

When it's four in the morning and they can't stop crying.

When their thoughts won't surrender them to sleep.

When they lie awake for days at a time, contemplating every thing that's ever happened.

It's not easy.

When they don't feel okay, even when they promise they're fine.

When they don't know how to make conversation, because if they do they'd spill their secrets.

When they don't understand things, and never will.

It's not easy.

When they try to open themselves up, only to be shot down.

When they try to be normal, and it fails.

When they try to make it all stop.

It's not easy.

When their thoughts will not cease and they can't focus on anything but.

When they smile and make others laugh when all they want to do is cry.

When they do everything they can to just be enough.

It's not easy.

It's not easy.

It's not okay.

And it's not enough.

It's easy to pretend it is though.

Reviews

[Rene Salinas]

I really appreciate the postive affirmation although in all honesty that kind of thing disturbs me greatly. Juts the fact that some would say Is easy to... then it proceed to encase it in time as when does well and so it goes hammering all the different instances when can be when and not how. But all that friendl play suddenly ceases as you let us down gently Is it easy no it's not.

From positive to negative a journey of thought.

Thankyou

[Writer at last! Sky ~]

Everything you wrote is absolutely true....sometimes easy to show sympathy but difficult to gace the reality of life....very nice poem!

[Niranjana]

Words of the ultimate truth! Couldn't agree more.
I love the way you have written it.

[Kieta!]

True true :) Great job with this, it's beautiful :)

[Trevor Barnett]

Excellent piece here! I can relate to this; and, I think anyone else would be able to relate to this as well.

[Coyote Poetry]

Nice flow of thoughts in the poem. Have the feel of music. The poem tells a true story too. When you feel bad. Hard to feel good. Thank you for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote