Today…I am the pause between heartbeats The stillness… before thunder remembers its name Every thought feels heavy...like dragging a dream no one believes in I’m here but only halfway My body’s clock is ticking...but the hands forgot how to move Silence has a voice tonight…and it sounds a lot like me Whispering “I’m fine”in lowercase letters I scroll through my mind...but all the tabs are blank Dreams that once screamed,now whisper Even my hope…asks for five more minutes of sleep People call it burnout but it’s deeper than that It’s like I’ve faded into soft static…a ghost humming inside my own chest Caught somewhere between gone and okay Still…beneath this ache a pulse remains Weak… yes....But honest And maybe that’s enough for today To exist without force To breathe without sparkle To just… be human In the quietest way possible