You’re tired, y’know? So so tired. All you want to do when you get home is switch off, and go into your own hermit shell. You want to eat your dinner in peace, and sit in front of the computer watching mindless video clips that get you up in stitches.

But no. Life doesn’t give you that. When you quietly sit at the dinner table gobbling your food up to prevent questions, you’ll be asked about your day and “okay” doesn’t quite cut it. You can’t scream “I had a bad day okay now shut up” because then it’d be rude and you’d get a scolding and boy, you don’t need that. Not right now.

Then at night, when your head finally hits your pillow, and all you want to do is drift off into slumber, you’re somehow kept awake. By who knows what. You can’t sleep, you toss and turn, your thoughts drift. And you end up thinking about everything you’ve tried so hard to avoid.