“I’ve never felt so tired,” they say. A common sentence, used so frequently I wonder if they feel anything else. I wouldn’t be surprised if they didn’t. I see the moments when all the energy leaves and they sink. The sinking is fairly new; it didn’t start till 8th grade. I remember when they told me they were scared. Scared because they had never felt that numb before, so exhausted. I hear when their voice loses its power at the end of the day. Their loud laugh turned into a weak hum. A hum of all the words they want to but can’t say. I understand this part, not saying what you need to. But I think it’s different for them. Instead of the fear of hurting people, which I know they have, it’s their ability to move her mouth, to form the words is the problem. When they sink, they are so lifeless. It takes a while to get them back, that used to scare me. When they would go without talking because they couldn’t find the will to try, it scared me. It still scares me, I know they're not okay, but I don’t know how to help. I hope they know I care.
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