Things that nobody teaches you about

(i just need some critiques!)(also i forgot to do critiques so i will be doing them the second this is posted!)

There are many things in life that you do not know.

that other people have experienced yet nobody will show.

life continues on with every waking breath.

and the things that nobody has warned you about creep up your spine to the back of your neck.

the mothers will teach you to dress for modesty.

the elderly will just unknowingly teach you what is hypocrisy.

the fathers will say stay away from scary men.

the teachers will teach you to write your signature with a pen.

the coaches will teach you how to be strong.

the siblings will teach you how to get along.

but there are some things that are never taught. never learned. never discussed.

like being a teenage girl always looking at herself with pure disgust.

being afraid of yourself as you’re crying in the bathroom.

staring into the mirror wondering “will this all end soon”.

glancing at your arms in a brand new t shirt.

numb to the pain so it will no longer hurt.

hearing the snickers in the hallway “oh god i could never be like her”

sometimes it feels like nobody could that’s for sure.

because these are the things nobody teaches you.

nobody prepares you for the years that pass.

looking down, remember the broken glass.

that’s marks have now began to fade.

turning as white as the fluffiest clouds.

but the memories of wishing you were wrapped tightly in a shroud.

nobody prepares you to deal with these things.

yet they still exist.

and the scars still sting.