You Don't Understand

You don't understand what this is like
The pain of feeling nothing in your life
I try to act like everything's fine
But all along I'm dying on the inside
You don't understand why I can't just be okay
But you have no idea what I go through every day
For you happiness is taking a breath
But for me it is and I'm nearing death
You don't understand the torture of life
because to you it has been anything but
You don't understand this hopelessness feeling
and why the doctors are no help
You don't understand
and I've never expected you to
You don't understand,
so you don't have to act like you do