Pain is Just Another Word For Punishment

I fell off my bike

and scraped my knee

because I didn’t listen to my mother

when she said that I couldn’t go out.

 

I got a black eye

because I called a girl a slag

because she called me fat

everyone knows

that you don’t stand up to bullies.

 

I got hit in the face

with the laptop charger

because my sister

wanted to use the laptop

and I didn’t let her.

 

I lost a friend

because I was too scared

to admit my feelings

I was too scared

to tell him that I loved him

he was gone

before I could even try.

 

I am now alone

because you left me

and I didn’t do anything

to stop you.

 

I hurt myself

because I am not good enough

for myself

or for anyone else.