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I

think

I

knew

it

was

getting

bad

again

when

I

started

to

do

everythingg

sitting

down

I

think

I

understood

it

was

bad

again

when

a

smile

becomes

more

difficult

to

produce

than

a

frown

when

a

room

didn't

lighten

up

whenever

I

was

around

and

when

the

tears

came

silently,

not

creating

a

sound

I

think

I

knew

it

was

bad

when

my

own

internal

clock

stopped

ticking

when

the

itching

for

joy

became

my

new

favorite

pasttime

when

a

laugh

with

my

friends

cost

more

than a

dime

it was

more like

an act

that I put

on

with a

grinning

mouth

that isn't

even

mine

and

I

think

it

was

getting

bad

when

the

fog

came back,

the

crows

flew

away

and

the dark

started

to

attack

I

begin

to

wonder

if

I'll

ever

get

my

permanent

smile

back

Cloud

Erin Donoghue