Society Killed The Teenager

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''You know what depression is like?'' She whispered low. She laid there. Pale and completely out of energy.

''No'' I answered shortly. I didn't know if I wanted to know the answer. Maybe it would make my heart ache even more than it already did.

''It's like drowning. Except you can see everyone else around you breathing.'' I didn't know how to reply. Should I reply? I just sat there in silence. Yup, I was right. My heart was aching. This girl that I have known my whole life laying here and staring at the ceiling. At first she didn't want me to know all the shit that I know that because she meant that it was not my burden to carry.

But you know what hurts the most? That I can't to nothing.

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