Diamond Skin,Truffle Blood

He dies slowly and no one takes notice.......

Torn heart,burgeoning rage
Stone-eyed,fiery head
Numb bones,walking dead
Bottled up in steel cage
Screaming soul,depressed
Will to live, repressed

Diamond skin,truffle blood
His lips smile,his heart weeps
He reaches,it further slips
Self-loathing does his mind flood
The world thinks he glows
The mirror says not so

Like water in a net
Life from him drips away
Nothing left to say
No more love to get
Nirvana to embrace
All this pain,to erase

This is no mere teen anguish
To be bullied and cursed
While his loved ones are lost
In the illusion that life he does cherish

Cigar in mouth,in hand,drink
Novacane powder in nose
Fear's gone,pain the wind blows
No more feeling,thick skin
No more tears,leaves a note
Neck in rope,he stays afloat.

Author's Note

Being bullied is a really horrible thing. I know a lot of people back in secondary school who were very frustrated over being bullied. Though I never personally knew anyone who committed suicide,I've seen too much of it in the news to not write a poem about it. People are evil! I just wrote this poem based on a story I recently heard.

Reviews

[TL Boehm]

this is a wrenching and brutal write - raw and gripping - so well done.

[Master K-tops]

I am flattered. Thank you so much.

[Clara]

A very powerful write, K-Tops.
Great flow and rhyme too.

[Deidre]

Very interesting. I've never been bullied too harshly myself, but I've heard about how tough it can get. I especially liked the last stanza. Its words drew a very vivid image in my mind.

[Ted]

this is so overflowing with images, delivers a good poetic blow

[Leslie Philibert]

Another example of fine work from an young African talent...

[Master K-tops]

Thank you so much.

[John Destalo]

Interesting piece. I like that there is hope in the beginning conveyed by the image of reaching and then hope recedes as the piece progresses. I also like the water in a net and ends with stays afloat. I do think the last line would read better and be more accurate as Neck in rope, he stays afloat.

[Master K-tops]

Oh God! That's so true. What a stupid mistake! 'Rope in neck' hahaha! Thank you so much.