It's not a joke

You called it a joke. I called it another reason To hate walking into school. You laughed, Your friends laughed, Everyone laughed. Except me. I went home with those words Stuck in my head, Trying to figure out Why I was never enough. I changed the way I talked. The way I acted. The way I smiled. And still, It wasn't enough. Because no matter what I fixed, You always found something new to break. Then one day it stopped. Not because you were sorry. Not because I was okay. Just because you got bored. And that's the part that hurts. Because while you moved on, I stayed behind, Trying to rebuild a person You helped tear apart. Then your name lit up my screen. A friend request. And for a second, I thought maybe things had changed. Maybe you regretted it. Maybe you grew up. Maybe there was something You wanted to say. So I accepted. Not because I trusted you. Not because I forgot. I accepted because I wanted answers. But before those answers came, The screenshots did. Click. Another screenshot. Click. Another share. And suddenly I wasn't looking At a friend request anymore. I was looking at a memory. A reminder of the jokes. The whispers. The feeling of being watched. Because to you, It mi