I Want to Know

They don't teach me that in school

That's not written in a textbook

They don't tell me what to do

When I found my friend in the bathroom

Cutting her wrists

No one prepared me for the chaos of when my friend broke up with his boyfriend

They didn't warn me that his reaching for the tissue box would turn into reaching for a bottle

They didn't tell me what to do when I'm at the end of your rope

No one told me that I'd be crying myself to sleep at night from stress

They didn't tell me what to say or how to help my friend who told me she doesn't want to deal with life anymore That she has a plan to end it

They didn't teach me how to handle life's struggles

No, I didn't learn any of this in the classroom