"Nobody Noticed" 

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A poem by: Isabeau Ezlyn Blair

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Nobody noticed how broken I was. 
Reminding myself to breathe, to blink, to function. 
Fighting to hold me together, when all I could do was fall apart.

Nobody noticed the extent of my injuries. 

There have never been any scars to show.

 Having scars would have made it easier, at least then you could see.

To witness the amount of damage that had been done. 

Nobody noticed when the phone stopped ringing and the text became less frequent. 
 

“Friends” no longer responded and people disappeared. 
True colors were being shown, the rose-colored glasses were taken off. 

Nobody noticed my daily struggle to exist. 

Simple tasks felt like moving mountains and challenging tasks were impossible. 
The conversations of my life didn’t carry weight or didn’t happen at all. 

Nobody noticed that I had changed.

 
How I couldn’t look into a mirror without crying. 
The things I used to love felt further away than ever. 
A part of who I was, had died, and I desperately wanted that part of my life back. 

Nobody noticed when it took an entire year, to become completely unrecognizable. 

A better person, a happier person. Someone who didn't need the approval of others.
Finding the real me, accepting all my beautiful flaws.

Dreaming for the future and not dwelling in the past. 

Nobody noticed me, but me...