You Didn't Try

I opened my soul and let the words flow

Yet you never notice the recurring theme

I make it easy for you to read the poems

And post them for all to see and read

Yet you've long stopped reading them

And so I've shown more and more

Of my troubled feelings and my sorrows

Yet you never see these words

Because you've long been ignoring them

So don't say I never told you

That my path darkened each day

Because I've told you with thousands of words

You're the only one to blame

That I've gone too far

The path's now too dark for me to see

Any way back to the light, back to you

So maybe if you spent a few minutes each day

And read the bits of my soul I showed

You could have prevented this outcome

Just by seeing the signs and helping me through

But you failed to stay with me

You failed to keep an interest in me

So now I've gone too far, there's no going back

And it's long been too late for you to save

Either my crying soul or my beating heart

So when my parents cry

When the people shake their heads

At the young girl's death

Know that it's your fault and not mine

All because you didn't read

The bits of soul I showed the world

And you didn't try to help me while you still could