There's this girl I know

And her life is perfect,

Or so she's told

But this girl

Discovered something

About herself

This summer

And now she thinks

It'll break the hearts

Of everyone around her,

But that's not the point

She's told nobody, 

All but one

Who keeps her secrets

Even if she can't recover

From the way her family

Tells her what

She can't be

How they treat her

Like they've never noticed

How she's been,

5 years

Since the last time

They noticed

That maybe

Their kid

Was too broken

She's grateful for this girl

Even if she can never repay her

For everything she's done

But to be there for her

Even if it's not enough

Too busy with her own problems

This girl failed to see

That her friend was hurting

In need of love

Of someone to talk to

And care

This girl knows you've said

"It's not you, it's me"

But she can't help feeling like she could've done

Something

To help

With the pain

To always be there

But she let her life

Get in the way

And was too blind to

Understand

That she should've been there

Like her friend

Always was

For her