My Blades Are Getting Deeper

This is a poem about a young girl called Amy and the horrors she faces.

My Blades are getting Deeper

 

Powerless, to stop it you can’t get up

Scared to talk back

Going home every night clothes torn and dirty.

 

Don’t they see little Amy here sat in her corner?

Crying her heart out wanting the pain to stop.

 

From the corner of her eye she sees something glistening

As she closely inspects it she realised it was a blade.

The daggered edge might be able to release her from the sorrow.

 

Drawing a line of blood on her arm

It hurts like hell but there torment is much worse

Hearing their voices spin in her already cluttered mind.

 

You will never amount to anything.

Who could ever love you?

Fat.

Stupid.

Ugly.

 

Finally regaining consciousness she realized threatening she may have cut too deep

The next day at school the torment begins again.

No one talks to her any way so why should today be different

The choices Amy make are just hers

 

And others will follow the bad choices she made

Living on the edge, she’s old enough to decide

The little kids in her neighbourhood want to be me and there just 4

They can do what they want it’s their right

The choices she makes change a little kids life.

 

 

All of them other kids just sat back and watched it happen to Amy

Thinking' it's not my responsibility to solve a problem that isn't even about me

Wake up and take a look at our world

Many kids fighting for the right to life

Living in fear for too long

This is all of our problems

We walk on day after day

Hearing there screams but we turn the other way

 Choosing to close our eyes

Instead of doing the right thing

Make the right choice

 Many lives would be saved

If we could all stop the violence.

So let's wake up and change the world

Our time is now

 

All that remains is Amy in the hospital

The pain smothering her

This isn't supposed to happen

She’s just 11 years old.

Author's Note

The girl Amy was based on me the hurt and bullying I went through but I was a lucky one unlike Amy.

Please help stop bullying

Reviews

[xansizi]

This poem conveys your message very effectively. i was lucky never to have been bullied to that extent but i know others who have and your words are similar to the experiences that they have talked about. I am training to be a teacher and this is a message that I believe must be reinforced through education and example.

I'm glad that you were able to move on and make something positive happen as a result of your experiences x

[Stephanie Baker]

Hi its weird how you say your training to become a teacher because starting in September this year I will be training to become a teaching assistant and thanks for my review x

[xansizi]

Not a problem.Good luck with your course! I'm sure you'll use your experiences for the benfit of the children in your care x

[james_cooper]

Stephanie, I just saw your request and read the poem, and I`m sorry to hear that you`ve went through these things. Writing is a good way to channelize the negative energy and to release the bad memories and memories. Even though I don`t read poems, but I liked yours. It was written in an understandable way (some people use such a complicated language to say simple things)l there was a story in the poem itself; and I think you can reach a lot of people, children especially, not just with your writing, but by yourself. And if you find a way to talk about this problem in front of an audience and tell about how you coped with it, you will find some meaning in the things you had gone through.

[Stephanie Baker]

Thank you I have done a video on you tube talking about the effects bullying has
and how I coped with it thanks again for the review.

[Harley Sapphire]

This hits very close to home, with both my sister and I going through these struggles. Thank you for the great read. I feel very connected to this poem, and appreciate your writing!

[Stephanie Baker]

Thanks for reviewing

[Gabby Nieves]

You can't escape bullying because people are fucked. But I liked the story, very sad.

[beach0324]

I love it my daughter friend commuted suicide at 13 she was bullying and I guess she thought there was no way out gad you survived it my own daughter was bullying badly in 4th grade ended up sending her to another to get her away from the bully she was physically attacked by the bully and the school didn't seem to Backus up very much so we we removed her to another after a long battle with the school and school board because no one really seemed to want to deal with it I so feel your pain

[Stephanie Baker]

Thanks for the review and im sorry to hear about your daughters friend

[kashaw]

One of the many reasons I decided to home educate my children, Schools don't do a thing about bullying around here, Just call both sets of parents in for a discussion... I Bullying is vile, I can't abide it, I hope your experience doesn't affect you today. If you have some spare time please check out some of my work, I am busy posting chapters from my story and I do cover self harm in one of them, It hasn't been posted yet but will be in the next day or two, I have posted up to 20 chapters so far ( I think? ) xk.

[kashaw]

One of the many reasons I decided to home educate my children, Schools don't do a thing about bullying around here, Just call both sets of parents in for a discussion... I Bullying is vile, I can't abide it, I hope your experience doesn't affect you today. If you have some spare time please check out some of my work, I am busy posting chapters from my story and I do cover self harm in one of them, It hasn't been posted yet but will be in the next day or two, I have posted up to 20 chapters so far ( I think? ) xk.

[Ishita Dixit]

Its really sad to know that Amy was based on your experiences.
No one should have to go through such pain.
Its true that in today's world, people are selfish and rarely come out to help
each other.
If only they realised that an act of their's could change a life.
Thanks for sharing the excellent poetry Stephanie!

[Stephanie Baker]

Yeah no child should go through this and thanks for reviewing

[mattavelli]

I read it once. You have some mistakes, their/there and verb form issues mostly. The mistakes distracted me. Thanks for sharing.

[Stephanie Baker]

Thanks for the review anyways

[Marcel Grant]

Intense and sad. That's what you were aiming for, so nice job because you hit it pretty well.

[Stephanie Baker]

Thanks for the review

[Mick Burke]

Powerful and thought provoking. If only kids could see the damage they do when they bully.

[Stephanie Baker]

Yeah hopefully soon they will and thanks for the review.

[costa siwale]

This is so true, bullying traumatizes the young and prevents them from achieving their potential. Thank you for sharing, a lovely piece

[Stephanie Baker]

Thank you for reviewing and yeah its heart breaking to see
bullying taking place or being the victim like I was.