bullying

Bullying.

As if people did not have enough to stress about.

Self image is now more important than education.

Does one knoe how it feels to be called names?

 

Bitch, whore

Slut, Ugly

Four eyes, stupid.

Cheap clothes, crappy car.

 

All these words dig into you like knives.

tearing you apart inside,

slowly digging deeper

does anyone know how it feels?

 

To feel so hopeless.

To feel so lifeless

To feel like you do not want to live anymore.

Do you know how it feels to bwe so empty?

 

To feel like no one is there ?

like no one cares?

you know, they say "sticks and stones make break my bones, but words may never hurt me"

That saying is a LIE.

 

Bones and skin will heal.

The heart will not.

The memories haunt you.

They last a lifetime.

 

They are stained in the back of your brain.

Now everytime you go shopping, you think of those comments.

You chose the baggy clothes instead.

Your mind is officailly altered to the comments and remarks.

 

One's life can be altered so much,

Just by one persons actions.

Bullying kills.

Words kill.

 

 

Innocent people die everyday.

Just so someone can get a laugh?

To make themsleves feel better?

Why?

 

Beacuse they do not 'fit' in with society.

becasue they are a little different.

The list goes on and on.

Every flaw is used against the person.

 

What are we going to do?

Will it ever end?

When will 'turning a blind eye' stop being a thing.

When will the pain stop?

 

Lives are on the line.

That little girl that has had the same shoes fro two years now,

comes home crying because some girl will not leave her alone about it.

Little does she know, she is homelss and that is the only pair she has got.

 

A girl gets pregnant in High school.

Everyone says, she threw her life away.

She is dumb and stupid, why would she do that?

Little do they know she was raped by her so called "Boyfriend".

 

No one, not one person knows everything that is going on in one's life.

A simple smile could save a life.

A simple 'hi' could save a life.

yet, a simple dirty look could end one.

 

Society needs to realize, people have feelings.

They are not as strong as they seem.

They are fighting battles themselves.

You DO NOT know someones story. Do not be so quick to judge.

 

So, what are you going to do?

End a life?

OR

save a life?

 

 

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