Just because

Just because I smiled,

Does not mean, I have

Forgotten. The words you uttered,

The scoffs you passed,

The sneers I witnessed that day,

From the person I had

Cared for, the most.

Just because I did not tear away,

Does not mean, I have,

Overlooked upon

The hurtful memories of my,

Swollen eyes and

Tear stricken face, the day,

You chose to break my heart,

Into a million fragments.

Just because I did not retort to

Your deleterious barbs,

Your mocking smiles and

Narrowed gazes, does not mean,

I have lost the strength

To defend myself, to stand up

Against this injustice.

For, I have now,

Stopped riling up myself,

For anyone and everyone,

Who does not acknowledge,

Even the existence of my emotions.

I have now stopped,

Bothering myself,

With some petty excuses of

Conniving loved ones.

I have now started living for myself.