A leading cause of suicide in teens is bullying. 
But yet it hasn't stopped, has it?
46% of kids tell a trusted adult at school; 
that's 16-18 kids per school. We have great programs, yes, 
(short pause)
BUT they don't work.
Like predator, prey. cat and mouse, you feed off
others' pain. 
Bullying happens constantly like clockwork, 
tears are shed like rain, 
drop - drop - drop.
People constantly trying to get it to 
stop - stop - stop. 
Tears are silent, as well as their cry for help 
BUT YOU DON'T STOP!
And soon, there will be no place to (speed up) run and hide, 
no place to feel safe, a fear of safety will move in
chased my pain and they wouldn't stop, drop, drop, drop.
Tears like rain, you became overwhelmed in the pain.
Bullying has many different faces, like a disease.
Physical, online, emotional, and constantly targets those in
different places. You'll botle it up until you burst like a balloon.
The Light inside disappeared, an empty unsettling fear sets in.
You'll never get enough; predator, prey, cat and mouse, 
you'll let me sit in tears, screaming in my face, you'll never
get enough. You'll never see my pain as I 
cry for help, sobbing, you enjoy my pain, you enjoy 
the ride until your cup overflows.
Tears that were puddles now are rivers, but you continue
to find me, with a boat you row, row, row to capture me.
I'm drained, I quit talking to everyone, quiet as a mouse, I keep my mouth shut. 
My tears pour into lakes.
Your cup continues to fill as mine empties slowly.
Your words stick with me like glue, stuck to my brain.
Your words imprinted into my brain no matter
how far I run, you're always there.
Your words find me like a cat finds a mouse.
I run and run until I'm almost gone, the edge is
there, but you suck me back in. 
I row, row, row away as far as I can but your voice
always finds me
each day, closer to the end point of
my days. Alone like an ocean
blown around and swept back in like a current.
step, step, step. My days almost run out.
run, run, run and you were always there.
I look down as I walk through the halls
Avoiding your gaze the words seep through your
mouth, before I turn the corner you're
behind me. Run, run, run I pick up my pace, 
Three, two, one you're behind me. My foot hits
the door. Safety. I feel my heart slow down.
Your words stick like glue. My tears hit the desk.
Drop, drop, drop, there's no hope. I run to the 
bathroom, I want to disappear. No chance. I 
Row, Row, Row but you're there Rowing after me. 
Your words like rocks, suffocating in pain
suffocating. Do you hear me when I scream?
When I cry for help? When I run and hide?
DO YOU HEAR ME?!
Drop, Drop, Drop. My words are slow, tears fast like a river. 
My mind doesn't stop. I no longer can get out of 
bed, I'm stuck in a void. Alone, cold, so close to the
end of my days. Will anyone hear me?! Would anyone 
care if I disappeared? I'm all alone, gone with the 
wind, swept to sea with words, cold, alone. Drop, Drop, Drop.
My tears hit my bed, now crying every night.
Silently I cry so no one sees my pain.
So I don't hurt anyone like you
Hurt me.
Tick, Tick, Tick. Days are slow, I'm all alone and I've 
lost myself to something.
My tears are now sobs. My voice unheard.
Alone. Tick, Tick, Tick. You chewed me up and spit me out.
My days are long but so gone. I feel like a burden to everyone.
My tears are silent. My cry for help is gone.
Your words imprinted in my brain like a tattoo.
Emotional, physical, you name it, but you're always there.
I've lost myself in a wave of Pain.
I'm diving into a world of pain, a place where I'm 
no longer safe, your words like stones that 
break my bones, you chased me and you wouldn't 
STOP.
Stop, Stop, Stop. Fear sets in, my body numb. 
A cause of suicide in teens is bullying.
But we don't tell, quiet like mice, you think it
goes away. But you enjoy the pain, 
the suffering in others fills your high.
You fill your cup until it pours.
Mine now empty, I hear your words when I'm
not around. Row, Row, Row. You're always there.
I lost myself and everyone else because of you.
Your high is because of peoples' pain.
No matter how high you get, it's never enough!
fill, fill, fill. Your cup still fills, into buckets.
Now I can see no hope, I lost everything.
Tick - Tock - Tick - Tock the ticks are here, I'm still alive.
Barely...
Hanging on by a thread, but the thread is small.
Can you hear my sobs?
Can you hear my cry? Can you hear my screams?
Can I heal? Will I heal?
The thread breaks more and more.
rip, rip, rip. Tick, Tick, Tick. Tattoos in my brain.
Your words slice me like a knife.
A single thread hangs there, but there's no
hope. 
I no longer race through the halls, I stand there.
Your words pierce me, but NO. This will end!
I stand there telling you off while everyone
stares. My cup fills as yours empties.
The power I hold falls from your
grasp.
The world brightens as yours 
falls.
You can hear me!
I am heard!
You can hear my screams!
My voice is HEARD!
I am no longer afraid.
There is hope for anyone struggling, 
You cannot give up.
Your tears will flow, you will scream.
But you must hold on, even if it's
a small one. You are worthy.

I AM HEARD