Ginny Weasley: You Should Have Asked
I smiled.
I looked happy.
I laughed and sang and cheered.
I got up in the morning,
Looking like the same
Little girl
You knew so well.
I waited a long time
For someone,
Anyone,
to ask:
Why did you have cuts on your arms?
Why do you never eat?
Why do you stand alone?
Crying in the rain?
Maybe they don't notice,
Maybe they don't care,
Maybe it was easier
To look the other way.
One day,
Someone will ask,
What happened to her?
What happened to my little sister?
I wonder what they'll say,
'We didn't know.'
'She didn't say.'
'She must have lost her way.'
It doesn't matter now
It's too late.
For me at least
I'm just a shell
Of that little girl you knew.
I've faded into a darkness
Where no one can escape.
I will end this life,
This lie.
You should have asked
Why?
There are others,
Like me,
Who stand on the edge,
Waiting,
Hoping,
For a friendly face.
People who only need someone to ask
Why?