What she taught me

I did know alot of things about my best friend
But what I didn't know was more important
Than what I did know
I didn't know that she would climb on the bus
Lying through her teeth
To make it seem like nothing was wrong
That kids had been making fun of her
But she hid it all too well
Like it was something that she has been doing her whole life
What I didn't know was that every day
Before she came to my house
Was that she cried her eyes out
Wiped away the tears
And put on the same show
To hide what had really happened that day
But something made her tick
Something made her feel even worse today
Than any other day
She climbed on the bus
But instead of that fake smile
It was tears
Tears that had been bottled up inside for a while
She sat next to me and I wrapped my arms around her
I asked what was wrong and she didn't ansewer
I sat in silence waiting for words to spill
The tears fell like rain from the gray sky
Kids voices drained out of my head
And all I could think about was how to make her stop
I sat there in silence waiting for words to spill
I kept my arms on hers
And told her that when she wanted to talk I would be there
We sat in silence the rest of the 30 minute ride home
But when we left
She spoke
She told me "thank you for being there for me"
That day she taught me something
To pay attention and see through all the fake smiles
The lies and the forced laughs
That day she taught me that silence is golden