The Boy

She runs to the bathroom
with tears streaming down her face.
as he stands there
pleased with himself.
all he did was
say the wrong thing.
three words oh so hurtful
I hate you.
the only thing she told him
was how much she loved him.
her feelings were overwhelming
she just had to tell him.
her friends were tired
tired of hearing about it.
she couldn't tell her parents
because she wasn't allowed to date.
so she locks herself in her room
and blares her music.
blocking all her thoughts out
blocking out everything.
hoping the pain will compress
and totally disappear.
lying on her floor
with a bottle full of pills.
she writes him a note
of her final last words.
as she fills her mouth with pills
and swallows every last one of them.
feeling each pill
go down her throat.
a few hours later
someone finds her.
you could only guess
who found her.
it was him
the one who drove her to pills.
he read her note
eyes going 100 miles an hour.
when he reached
the last three words.
a single tear fell
from each eye.
he never realized
he could drive her to death.
he wasn't even serious
when he said he hated her.
his love for her
was as strong as hers.
and that night
there were two teen suicides...