Please Don't - I am 1 in 4

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By Lisa Waugh

Please don’t see lazy
Please don’t see rude
Please don’t see aggressive
Please don’t see angry

Please don’t see distant
Please don’t see antisocial
Please don’t see it as a choice.
Please don’t see it as about you

Please don’t see uncommunicative
Please don’t see uncooperative
Please don’t think I’m not trying
Please don’t think I’m not listening

Please don’t think I don’t care
Please don’t take it personally
Please don’t say you understand, ’cause I know you probably don’t and I don’t want you to
Please don’t tell me to try harder

Please don’t tell me to snap out of it or get over it
Please don’t tell me all I have to do is see the bright side or find the positive
Please don’t be offended if I don’t answer
Please don’t be offended if I say no to something, ’cause it’s an achievement just to give an answer.

I already worry I’m lazy,
I already worry I’m rude,
I already worry I’m not trying hard enough,
But I also know the effort it takes, each and every day, to just be.

I already know how hard I work
I already know how tired I get,
And I know I’m doing ok, and that’s ok.