Split Personalities

Why am I so sad

Why am I so confused

Why do I spend my days laughing

And my nights crying

Why do I seem so light-hearted

When I feel like the weight of the world is on my shoulders

Why can't my insides

Show on the outside

Why does only the happy ditz come out

When there is a depressed philosopher screaming for a friend inside

Why don't I have anyone who understands me

When so many people think I'm like them

Why do I think it would be better to just not exist

When I know I would never try anything

Why does it seem that I live on the outside

When I live on the inside

Why do I wear bright colors

When all I want to do is hide in the dark

Why can't I finish this poem

When I know it's rambling on

Why do I think that this will help every time

When it never does

Why does no one know that I'm in a rut

Why does no one see my pain

I know it is nothing in comparison with others

And I know that I am not important in the grand scheme of things

But I have one more question to ask,

Why does not being noticed hurt so much?