Words

A Poem by WindsorWolf28

I thought we already
Went over this.
How words hurt
More than any fist.

And now,
Do you see that girl?
Words engraved on her wrists,
Hating the world.

Her only wish
Is to not exist,
And to fade back into the blackness
Under which she was born.

And at home,
She's all alone.

Evil texts
Blowing up her phone.

Her father pulls
Another beer from the fridge,
And she stands still,
Enduring his hits.

Her mom doesn't care,
Popping pills into her mouth,
Forgetting the child
She should have loved.

And she limps to her room,
And pulls out her knife.
Cutting the flesh,
It only feels right.

She cries herself
To sleep every night,
Ignoring her phone,
And it's deadly messages.

She wakes up,
Stares in the broken mirror.
She sees a disgrace,
And she feels the tears
Begin to fall
Again.

She pulls on
The same old shirt
She's always worn.

She pulls on
Her old sneakers,
Two sizes to small,
And falling apart.

No make up to hide
The bruises and scars.

Her blonde hair hiding
Her face as she climbs
Onto the bus,
Where you make up rhymes.

You call her name,
You call her lame,
She's a loser,
She's worthless.

And she believes
Every word you say,
Her heart is aching,
But she'll just nod and say
"Okay."

And in class,
She sits in the back,
Unseen and unheard,
Alone in this world.