Lone Sleeves

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by Genevieve_Stone

by Genevieve_Stone

⚠️⚠️⚠️TRIGGER WARNING TRIGGER WARNING⚠️⚠️⚠️

I did not start out this way.
I was happy once to,
Then again was there a time you questioned me?
You never did ask why I started to wear long sleeves.

Nobody gave me a second glance when I winced as they touched my arms,
I used to rant all the time about long sleeves!
Yet I was surprised to see,
That it was just another day that you saw me.

But that's ok,
Because nobody noticed.
I was the invisible punching bag,
I was just another joke they laughed at.

I know I couldn't have been the only one,
But it doesn't mean it didn't hurt,
And it's not like we didn't know who they joked about.
Those jokes were to specific.

And the bathroom walls did not lie,
The writings could be scrubbed away but the carvings were there to stay,
Instagram and Twitter were all the rage!
Just another joke to beat me with.

Yes I was depressed,
Yes I was suicidal,
Yes I did hurt myself,
But it's not like anyone noticed.

After all I was a good actor,
Besides it's not like you ever cared!
When you saw these long sleeves on my arms,
You should have known something was wrong!

Then again how could you have known?
You acted like you were my friend,
How was I to know that you had lied to me time and time again?
Then again you never did ask why I wore long sleeves on my arms.

Written June 6th, 2018