liberty cole[district 5]fin/cb3

liberty cole
district 5
eighteen


"It's okay," is something people say when other's are upset, even when it's not okay. It's what they said to me when my brother died, when my world came crashing in around me. They told me it was okay, and I believed them. I made myself okay, not for myself, but for my family. They needed me more than ever and I couldn't let them down. I kept telling myself that I was okay so much that I began to believe it myself. "You're going to be alright," is something else people like to say a lot, even if they know they aren't going to be alright. They told me this when my father died two years later. I wasn't sure if I was going to be alright, but everyone told me so, so it must be true right? I was going to be alright. I told myself I was going to be alright, and I was for a while I think. What's it like to be alright? I don't think it's how I'm feeling. Now my family is struggling to get by. We're all starving and working just to put crumbs on the table. I don't think I can be okay for much longer.