Because of you

We both know I'm not pretty
we both know I'm not smart
but I am still a person
and I, too, have a heart.
You laugh at your remarks
gloat with pride and glee
never stopping to think
how much you're hurting me.
Other people stare
now you've trashed my pride
with all their jeers and taunts
I may as well have died.
Running 'til I can no more
I stop to take a breath
when suddenly a car appears
with the face of death.
So let this be a lesson
consider all you do
or someone will come join me-
ALL BECAUSE OF YOU.

Reviews

[torments_scribe]

I really like the underlying message of this. I have two daughters who experience a lot of bullying in school and even though they're both really strong, it breaks my heart to know that someone else's callous words could make them feel like this. Great word choice and rhyme scheme.

[silentpoet]

Thats so sad and tradgic really but very deeply written.. You have alot in your heart wondering if in this you were the one in pain..hope not, because no one deserves to feel or be treadted that way..beautiful and poem!

[*~DreamDeamon~*]

wow! very powerful. The message is so deep. I would be heart broken if someone, i had been mean to on accident or on purpose died the next day or just died sometime before i had the time to apologize and make things right.
This poem is something ore people should read, a message that needs to get out.
Great Write!

[FaithfullyJennyBear]

This is amazing! So many people woul be able to relate to this and the imagery and wording you have chosen is immense. the topic, intense.

Well done :)
Yours Faithfully,
Jenny x

[Brad]

this was harsh and raw, loved the reality of this

[Ravyne Hawke]

The old saying goes "What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger", but I say "What kills you makes you haunting to others"... this poem speaks such truth and power, giving a voice to the bullied. Wonderful flow and rhyme. Great job!

[XxtaintedxX]

Amazing,, :]

[Ruth]

Profound love...the trials of a situation through bullying is abhorrent....well spoken, wonderfully so xx

Excellent poetry. The message should be clear, sadly the ones that need the message never seem to get it. Bullying has exploded with the use of technology and with that so has teen suicide. This makes me both angry and sad. Never be afraid to reach out. Great job!

[AngelAfterlife]

Thank you :)