Demoted and Disappearing

If only I found Belonge earlier I got demoted at work and nobody noticed I was disappearing. For weeks,

I showed up, smiled when asked how I was, said I was busy. My role got restructured,

they called it. I sat in that meeting, nodded, left quietly. On the train home,

I stared out the window while everyone else scrolled their phones. I went to bed that

night and realized I hadn't spoken to a single person about what I was feeling.

Not one. I just sat there in the silence of my apartment, phone in hand,

no one to call. That's when it hit me. I was completely alone in this,

and I had convinced everyone, including myself, that I was fine. If you're going