she had always heard that if you die young, you are immortal in a way
she heard your youth and beauty was everlasting.
she heard that if you died young, you stayed young forever
she heard you were remembered as a timeless teenager.
she heard that only the best die young.
but when she chose to take her life, it didn't happen like that
people grieved a while, not understanding her reason.
but eventually, they grew up
and she didn't.
sure she stayed young and beautiful forever, but everyone else moved on.
they became adults, and they forgot about her.
because after all she went through and all that had happened,
she was nothing more than a distant memory,
never growing up and, ultimately,
stuck in the past.
