They all said they knew her so well, that they knew everything about her.
But they didn't know she cried herself to sleep every night dreading the next day.
They didn't know she flinched at every ambulance siren that went by or how she swallowed the scream in her throat with every fire truck that she passed.
They didn't know she played her music loud because she was so terrified of raised voices.
They didn't know she had nightmares every night that haunted her every day.
They didn't know she was constantly in a state of paranoia and fear from the outside world.
They didn't know how depressed she was because she always had a smile on her face even though she was dying inside every day.
They thought they knew everything about her, but they didn't know her at all.
