This is a dark world we live in,
you can't seem to be weak.
That even goes for little waifs
of young women like me.
So when my sister looks at me
scared
with her looking glass eyes,
and asks me The Question,
I croon out a lie:
"Everything will be alright."
I want to be scared.
I want to be pissed.
I don't want to believe
people are living like this.
But when my boyfriend
uneasy
asks me,
"Hey, what's on your mind?"
I smile and kiss him-
"Nothin' baby, I'm fine."
And I hide behind
that curtain of false
self confidence,
and only peek through
when I'm all by myself.
Safe.
They don't need this right now,
to know what I think-
that this whole world needs saving,
all of these people and me.
I am just
Angry
Anxious
Exhausted-
A wreck
But when my sister,
with her mess of blonde hair
and blue looking glass eyes
asks me The Question:
"Sissy are you crying?"
I pull her close and and answer:
"Of course not my love-
Everything is Alright."