It Wasn’t What You Said

It wasn’t what

You said

The empty words

Of friendship

That were like

A bandaid over

An open wound.

It’s what you

Didn’t say

As others tried

To cut me down

With words of

Hate.

It isn’t the kindness

You showed

Even fake pity

Which by the

Way I never needed

Fake friendships

Fall away

Like the wind

At the end of

A storm.

It’s not the times

I came to question

The meaning of friendship

It’s the time

I learned

That it wasn’t.

It’s not the childish

Games

The whispers

Echoed

It’s the way

I learned

I was to strong

To feel

So broken.

(C) Michelle R Kidwell

June.16.2020