Screens Don’t Rest

Another notification, another knife

Words typed quick but they cut like a wife’s goodbye

You don’t know my face but you know my name

Turned my life into your favorite game

I used to love the light of my phone Now every buzz

feels like I’m not alone

But not in the good way,

not anymore

Just strangers lined up outside my door

Screens don’t sleep and neither do I

Lying awake while the comments multiply

You can’t see me shaking,

can’t see me cry

But I’m still here,

still here,

still alive

They say just log off,

just turn it away

But you don’t understand what it’s like today

It follows me to school,

it follows me home

It’s in my pocket,

I’m never alone

I used to love the light of my phone Now every buzz

feels like I’m not alone

But not in the good way,

not anymore

Just strangers lined up outside my door

Screens don’t sleep and neither do I

Lying awake while the comments multiply

You can’t see me shaking,

can’t see me cry

But I’m still here,

still here,

still alive

Maybe you’re hurting too

Hiding behind a avatar,

not knowing what to do

But your pain don’t get to become my scar

I’m done shrinking down to fit inside the dark

Screens go quiet when I find my voice

I’m allowed to block,

I’m allowed to choose

You don’t get to write my story anymore

I’m walking out, I’m walking out that door

Screens don’t sleep, but I finally do ‘Cause I’m more than pixels,

more than what got said about you

I’m still here, still here,

still alive