• she told me that i needed to grow up
    i said, stop talking about yourself
    she wanted to hit me but instead she said, i don't know what
    i saw in you and started to cry

    or at least her eyes got red

    the next day at school she looked through me
    it was kind of dumb
    her friends sneered

    she left without a goodbye
    the sweet sorry on my tongue just

    rotted silently in my mouth