She

They never took the time to truly notice her. She was the girl who was always around but no one knew The girl who everyone talked to but never really cared about She was the girl who just blended in They noticed what was on the outside not what was in they saw the perfect girl who knew how to dress and who played the part but they didn't know her nor did they ever care They didn't notice that she's battled depression since the age of six the scars carved deep in her wrist the ones she always covered the ones who did notice pretended like they were just scratches claw marks at the most and carried on with their lives all she wanted was for someone to help someone to notice her someone to say they care but like always they didn't notice they didn't care They didn't notice that her father has been out of her life for over half of it and the half he was there for she was beaten told she was worthless and left for dead they never cared to ask her about her home life they just assumed all was fine by the smile she held the ones who did notice just laughed it off never asked if she was okay never asked if she wanted to talk all she wanted was a true friend but like always they didn't notice they didn't care They didn't notice that her mother as sweet as she may have seemed badly a deadly addiction one that made it seem as though she had no mother at all she would lose sleep night after night to make sure her mother stayed clean then go to school with a fake smile and a low self-esteem. the ones who noticed judged her not her mother they made it out to be her life the reasoning for her mothers addiction all she ever wanted was for someone to hug but she never got that they never noticed they never cared They never noticed anything about her any of the problems she had or the struggles she faced the ones who did noticed played it off as a joke they never noticed they never cared and she decided she no longer noticed she no longer cared The day came when enough was enough she was tired of no one noticing no one caring she took her last breath and stepped down from the chair now that's she's gone everyone notices everyone cares but where was they when her smile remained when she was still there to share Her life was now over no more sadness no more pain she didn't have to worry about her mothers addiction or the absence of her father all of the struggles disappeared the moment her soul vanished she now has peace and now they notice and care.