The Library

Why can't everyone be accepted?

He walks down the hall in shame,

with his head held down

cursing himself

for living in such a small town

wishing for the name calling

and harassment to cease

because its killing him inside

He reaches the library 

and eats his lunch in silence

while becoming lost in a book..

his only escape;

The bell rings and its time

to go back to class:

back to the name calling,

back to the taunting,

back to the hell...

during school hours

The class project involves partners,

the entire class shuns him out

just because of his mom's preference,

he runs to the library and bawls his eyes out..

Finally the day is over

and he walks to his car to find

its been trashed,

he goes back into the library

and pulls out a piece of paper

and his favorite book

and he begins writing..

writing this letter and wishing

he could just be normal..

He puts the book 

back in its place when a librarian

says to him

"I know how you feel."

she pulls the letter out of the

book and rip it apart

he finally felt accepted

when the whole world

turned their back on him

Author's Note

2nd narrative poem about a guy being shunned by everyone.

Reviews

[SimonitroX]

Yeah, it does suck when you feel that you're the only bookworm around. It's annoying when you can't belong with any group is that all you have are books. In a sense, those book nerds can be annoying to be around because all his/her world is just books.

When the 80 year old librarian is your only company, it's like... uh... there's a personal problem here. Sometimes, it takes some courage. Anyway, I know the feeling of being shoved aside for sometime in my childhood.

Anyway, great write. :)

[Becky C Strukamp]

A wonderfully written poem of a tragic life occurance. You penned it beautifully. Great work.

[Just Cat]

I felt so bad for the guy in this, poor guy, bless him. It made me want to pull up a chair beside him and tell him that he's not alone.
I can relate though, sadly, I still get called a bookworm even now.
A great write though, I like the hopeful ending.
:)

[livinglifeloud]

This is so sad. I love the way you wrote it though, wonderful job!

[Raven Starhawk]

This is very, very interesting.

[nevermindfan1991]

This hit me so hard, this reminds of myself. I still feel that, I still feel shunned by everyone, I still feel abnormal at times. This was great poem, you really expressed the sadness that this boy was feeling. Your poems really hit the gut and at the same times the heart strings. A wonderful piece of work!

[SamBug]

This was really sad. It hurt to read. I felt terrible for this boy. I hate school. People are so cruel. Great write!

[Krystal Nicole]

I liked it. . I think you did a great job at telling the guy's story through the poem. . It was flawless. 100/100

[Nicky Wilson]

High school sucks but I think that it's good to be different because being like everyone else is boring !! But a intriguing piece and totally relatable everyone at some point in their lives wants to feel accepted and I guess in the end the persona gets what he wants. I think though that the structure of the poem was fine and word choice as well the reader was pulled into this piece it was very enjoyable so well done ! :) Keep writing !!

[d]

i find myself wondering if i want to be the subject matter in spite of the differences. i'm sitting here reading when i know i'm not a qualified reader and realize i have to let go of something in order to move ahead. then again, isn't that what you are writing about? if that's the case, thanks.