3 times

I've been here
For three years
Maybe four
I don't know
But it feels like forever
'''
In all the time I've been here
This place has made me smile
This place has made me laugh
This place has made me happier than I ever thought was possible
And, three times,
This place has made me cry
'''
The first time was when one of my friends
Felt alone and felt depressed
Someone came here
Just to hurt them
And all of us
I defended them
'''
Then I found out they were the one
Who came here to hurt us
'''
And I cried
'''
The second time
Someone had died
I didn't know them all that well
But still, they had died
I tried to help their sister
To get through it
She became my friend
One of my only friends
'''
Then I found out
They were alive
Their sister wasn't real
They'd lied to me
To all of us
'''
And I cried
'''
The third time
A mod came here who
Listened to us
Talked to us
Was kind to us
I was thrilled
'''
She announced a new project
I was excited
But I didn't really care
The forums were most important
And they still are
'''
For the first time, I began
To trust the mods
To see things from their perspective
To believe they truly cared about us
And I smiled
'''
I left for a little while
Not on purpose
I just drifted away
'''
After all,
I could always come back.
'''
One day, I checked the forums
And a new post was there
About Home Base
I didn't really care
I hadn't even gone on Home Base yet
But it was marked important, so I clicked it
'''
At first, the news didn't sink in
I just thought, stupidly, that this wouldn't be too bad
I'd have time to save everything
And the Newsfeed shouldn't be too different, right?
'''
Then I read
What you said about it
And then I realized
What was going to happen
And how bad it was going to be
'''
Posts
Stories
Characters
Conversations
Friendships
Memories
Deleted
'''
It still hadn't sunk in
Not completely
Not until I read
What this place had meant
To someone who I looked up to
To someone who I thought was too amazing to talk to
To someone who I knew this place meant the world to
'''
And
'''
I
Cried.
Category:Poetry
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