I just wish someone could look into my eyes and feel the exhaustion I never speak about. Not the forced smile. Not the "I'll get through it" I repeat just to survive the day. But the nights my mind won't stop hurting, the heaviness I carry in silence, the storms I swallow because I don't know how to ask for help without falling apart. I wish someone could see the truth behind my quiet- the battles I fight alone, the tiredness that sits in my bones, the kind of pain you can't explain without breaking open. Sometimes I don't want advice or answers. I just want someone to notice I'm tired before I have to say a single word.