Invincible

Broken into pieces, that is what she feels like. Shattered and tossed to the wind with no care where she lands.
They have hurt her. They have walked away. They were selfish.
She was the common link. She was what they ran so hard and fast from.
She was damaged.
She was not worth the effort.
She truly was nothing.

She always plastered the smile on her face for the last thing she ever wished to do was take someone else down from their happiness. She would not be the one to make another sad, especially those she loved.
So she worked hard, loved hard, ignored what she needed and forgave those who hurt her.
She understood. She truly did.
She was called strong. Tough. Invincible.
She would be any one's rock. Their soft place to land. To see pain in some one's eyes sent her empathy soaring to heights that she had to soothe them. She knew their pain as if it was her own.
Then their pain lessened and was gone. Then they were gone.
Everyone leaves for something better.
But did they understand what they did hurt her?
She did not think so. Selfish people.
She just wished for one of her dreams to come true.
A rose out of no where. A kind word. A hug. Something that was just for her because they had thought of her while she suffered.
An apology. A kiss.

But all she sees is betrayal. All she hears is silence.

Broken.
Shattered.
No one notices.
The invincible girl has been conveniently forgotten.