I really, really love this. So many of your word choices were just perfection. "conversations un-encountered, Life tucked away, where it cannot hurt me. I don't know what to say."

Hot damn, that passage really hit me hard. I can SO relate to this.

This is just so, so powerful. The last line especially!! We always tell ourselves we're fine, even when we're not. Dang. I'll be thinking about this one a while, I'm sure. Excellent work!!