You didn’t notice
you didn’t notice when I stopped brushing my hair,
when I got two hours of sleep,
when I only wore long sleeves.
But you did notice when I stopped talking to you,
when my texts got dry,
when I stopped hanging out with you.
You didn’t notice I was skipping lunch everyday
but you did notice that I wasn’t sitting with you;
you noticed when I was with other friends.
you didn’t. notice.
Unless it was about you.
I walk a fine line.
Life and death.
Funny and weird.
Smart and dumb.
Waiting for a light breeze to blow me one way.
Will I stay on this line forever?
When will I get off?
I’ve always been a cookie cutter girl.
pressed into shapes I never liked.
Rolled and folded into the perfect form.
My face and body configured
to make me look appetizing.
It had been
356 days,
8,544 hours,
512,640 minutes,
since March 11, 2025.
It had been
356 days of smiling,
and crying, and yelling,
and laughing, and fighting,
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