To An Ex-Friend Poem by LeeAnn Azzopardi

You told me, we were friends
But you went out with others
And you never included me
And you never wanted me
Around yr family
Yr sisters thought I was weird
That's why I didn't want to be friends
Anymore
You were ashamed of me
And I felt it
You even told me you thought I was funny
Not the joke-telling kind
But the kind of being embarrassed by
And the only time you called
Is when you were stuck on a math problem
I don't regret leaving the friendship
Because, to tell you the truth
It was for my mental health