She walks away,
Feeling like a fool,
Heart shattered,
Another lesson learned.
Thoughts running loose in her head,
When she looks up at the stars,
Wishing she had not said,
Those words she meant so much,
She knows the gossip,
And the giggles,
They have shared,
At her expense,
Were no secret,
The embarrassment floods through her,
It fills the room,
Making her wish she was dead,
All the whispers,
And the stares,
From the people she thought
She could trust,
Realising that she hardly knew them at all,
She is the new joke,
The entertainment for the night,
The spotlight is on her,
Too bright to see,
Blind again,
Always so blind,
They all stare with piercing eyes,
Waiting for her to perform again,
For her to give them
Something else to scorn,
Making her wish she was dead.

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