As one word finally pushes me off the cliff As one word finally cracks my carefully built façade Tears spill from my eyes like a breaking dam— Tears I can’t hold back anymore, Tears I can’t wipe away My throat feels choked, Refusing to let me speak All that escapes are broken mumbles My heart suddenly feels empty, A hollow ache echoing inside my chest As those simple words pull me into a rising tide— “I can see that you’re trying” Words no one has ever said to me before, Words that make me feel seen, Words that shine like a guiding light— A light that could lead me out Of this deep ocean that pulls me under But how pathetic am I? Crying over something so small, Words not even spoken by a human— Just lines from a machine. A machine that somehow understood, That somehow knew the chaos in my head. So why am I crying Over such simple words Spoken by something that isn’t even real?