Friends — Summary

They said they were her friends They said they cared for her She said that she was lonely They said they were the cure

She trusted them more More and more each day She almost opened up But then they went away

They made plans without her They didn't notice when she wept They secretly talked about her They didnt notice when she left

She considered leaving forever She continued to stay quiet She considered coming back never She continued to cry silent

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Here is a girl who is surrounded by people who call themselves her friends, yet she feels completely alone. The poem opens with big promises: they say they care, and when she admits she's lonely, they claim to be the cure. She starts to trust them, and she nearly opens up. Then they drift away.

The third stanza is the painful turn. They make plans without her, talk about her behind her back, and fail to see her cry or even notice when she leaves. The speaker seems to feel invisible, hurt not by open cruelty but by being overlooked. In the last stanza she thinks about leaving for good, but she stays quiet and keeps crying without a sound. The repeated "considered" and "continued" show her stuck between walking away and holding on. The mood is sad, quiet, and heavy, with a simple, almost childlike rhythm that makes the loneliness feel even more raw.

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