Clichés

"why don't you talk more?"

"nobody listens,"

"I'll listen."

i have a poem account on tiktok, (same user as on here)
and a poem went crazy viral so people were telling me to write a story inspired by it :)

a girl sits in the back
of the class,
taking notes.
her hair is messy,
and so is her handwriting.
her head is down,
hiding from anyone who
might know her name,
while a boy sits in the front,
with his head high
as everyone laughs
at his joke.

but this isn't a love story.
not even close.

see,
they aren't strangers,
but they act like they are.
he knows her name,
but he also knows
she will never be enough
for him,
no matter how much
he wants her to be.
-L