watch

I want to say
you’re not worth it anymore
but my mouth won’t open
and my tongue won’t move.

I want to yell and scream and dance
young and sweet, only seventeen
but the mirror is watching
and my feet won’t cooperate.

I watch you
not watching me.
Watch you
watching him
watching her
watching them.
Watching everybody else
and for once

I want to laugh, flirt, be the centre of attention,
and then you will watch
but you are not watching

and my feet will not move.