my mind is a room where every cruel thought echoes. pictures, words, phrases i never asked for bounce off the walls and into me— i can’t dodge them. some days, i start to sink. some days, i already have. but no one notices. except you. you’d know the difference between silence and drowning. you’d reach for me before i even knew i was falling. you’d say something— maybe nothing— and i’d forget the world for a minute. i’d feel peaceful. real. grateful to be seen. but i’m scared. scared you’ll get tired. scared you’ll see what i see— and leave. i want to believe you’ll stay. i want to believe you’re real. i want to believe someone like you could love someone like me. come find me before i disappear into my own mind again. save me from this tower.