I am a poet writing about my pain. I am person recovering and trying to gain. I am your daughter who is trying to learn. I am your sister who is starting to turn. I am your friend acting like I am fine. I am a wisher wishing you weren't mine. I am a girl who thinks about suicide. I am a teenager who pushes her feelings aside. I am a student who knows nothing. I am the one asking you to care. I am your best friend hoping you will be there.

Long sleeves during the summer, Every time she screamed for help no one heard. Stayed away from crowds, never finishing her meals. She screamed until her voice was numb, Took too many pills for her headaches. Days later she woke up in a hospital. Her smiles never last, locked herself away from the world. She didn't know any other way to say she was hurting.