Fine Poem by Rose Stern

I'm fine.
I'm just fine.
That's what they hear when they ask,
'What's wrong? '
They nod their heads,
Listening to the lie,
Because you see,
I say I'm fine,
But I'm anything but.
I'm tired,
And I can barely function.
But they won't listen,
So I say,
I'm fine.
And sometimes I wonder,
If I could just go away for a while,
Don't know if anyone would,
Even notice I'm gone,
If I could go away for a while,
Or maybe just forever.
-r.s