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I didn't know he cried too.


I hated him because he was perfect. In his own way I wanted to tear him apart. Rip away those hands that bred perfection. I hated his angelic and easy smiles I hated the ease in which he was accepted. his perfect life and favored gifts. so I hurt him. driving stakes of doubt into that gullible heart. twisting his feelings into lies and pretty whispers. I tore at him making him work for the right to be alive I scratched at him peeling away his perfect skin to show what was really inside. I abandoned him laughing like the fools in a choir. making him beg I degraded him. I gained power over him I now felt perfect. I felt beautiful like i was someones reason to smile I didn't see it that thing that was so familiar so much a part of my core. I didn't see it the way he shattered with each stroke of my verbal whip. His glistening eyes shining in despair and not joy. The scars on his soul, his body, I didn't see. the way he degraded himself to fall at my feet. He became that weed that unimportant part of me I didn't see my reflection in his eyes, my pain in his false smiles. I didn't see the bullying, that had fallen upon me. I didn't see his LIFE that he ended too soon, his perfect smile, that he grimaced behind. I didn't see his beautiful heart, black and painted in webs. Bullying I didn't see that he cried too.
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poetrysiren
This was just a powerful piece of poetry. It really does make you think about how sickening bullying can be and it also helps us understand the thoughts behind bullies. It was just...POWERFUL
KaylaD
Thank you, I am glad you liked it. And you're right. I can't stand bullying it's disgusting.
dnwoolcock
Woah, your poem is deep and beautiful in it's own way. Bullying is a problem and I wish more people would recognize it. Because it really is often disguised by false happiness.

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