unfamiliar

so, how are you
how are you
how are you
how are you?

people lie
alot

and most of the time
when someone asks me 'how i am'
they are lying

they dont care
it doesnt even fase them
they probably dont know you
and if they do
they probably ask the question out of habit
not heart

to tell you the truth
that is hard
truth is usually
ugly
mean
hurtful
dark
unsafe
unfamiliar

what would people do
what would the world do if one day i answerd truthfully
would they be happy and actually try to help?
highly unlikely.

they will probably run
far away
and stay there

so for now we both lie

for now
and probably forever
the conversation will go like this:

how are you ,Hannah
fine, just fine