A Poem For Jamey

Another child's life gone,

Just for being gay

I can't help but sit and wonder

How everything got this way?

 

What happened to expression?

And finding yourself in life?

Now that taunting and bullying

Has become life's most biggest strife.

 

Innocence taken by ignorance

It breaks my heart in two.

Wishing that I could have been a friend

One to help you manage through.

 

Your memory will never leave,

Its locked tight within our minds.

Peace for you at last my friend,

On this Earth it was hard to find.

 

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Pb1CaGMdWk

 

http://www.itgetsbetter.org/ --- Supporting LBGT youth.

Author's Note

Jamey Rodeymeyer was 14 yr old kid from Buffalo, NY who was gay. Tragically AGAIN due to bullying another young life is gone for being who he was. I never met the kid, I dont even know his family or friends. But I decided to write something for him anyway.

Reviews

[NoneOfYourBusiness akaK..]

it's beyond tragic~it's inexcusable~ your poem opens the soul of us~ bullying should be considered a criminal act~ and hold not just the bullies but their parents accountable~ violence against others stems from bad or neglectful parenting and anyone who disagrees has never encountered the devastation bullying which is torture leaves behind~ this subject dominates my life~I've been active to push reps. to mandate bullying a s a criminal act~ I was lucky enough to have a strong self asserrtive core instilled in me from birth on~ but I've seen the little hellions enact outragiously emotiona/mental/physical abuse against others who were either not given the skills to counteract or didn't know how to develop it~in school Sister mary always used to tell me I did all the wrong things( beat the f**k out of the victimizers) for the right reasons ( to protect those who couldn't protect themselves~ I instilled the same sense of justice in both my daughters~ the will never be victims and neither will they abide the little sh*t victimizers~ here in Jersey we have in writing the anit bullying act~ unfortunately~ and my 15 year old lets me know in no uncertain terms~ in the school system it's rarely adressed when issues of bullying occur~ so let's make it criminal~ punishable by time in a juvenile detention center and levy a hefty f***ing fine against the obviously oblivious or indifferent parents or care providers~

[Emily B]

I wonder how to support the "It Gets Better" project . . .

such a tragedy!

[Y.F.]

Lovely tribute. It's a shame we still have so any people unwilling to accept what they see as foreign and different.