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Temporary

November 16, 2015
By Anonymous

Bullying

Insecurity

Addiction

Suicide 

How many people have to take their lives befor people realize bullying is wrong?

 

 It all begins with a simple word 

 You try to fit in to meet their expectations 

 Your mind is like a rattle, with there words shaking and spinning around 

 

 It takes a million compliments to build you up, and just one insult to bring you down

 Once they point out your flaws that's all you begin to notice 

 Nothing else matters and trying to hide them 

 All you want is deemed as perfect to others 

 We compare ourselves behind the scenes with everyone else's highlight reel 

 

 Self loathing, the pressure, it at all leads to addiction 

 You feel as if you have nothing, no one to turn to

 You feel so horrible, you go to some sort of temporary relief 

 Your only escape 

 

 Do you really want to make a permanent decision on a temporary problem ? 

 Taking your life just doesn't affect you 

 Your friends will hurt just looking at the empty table space 

 Your teachers will feel guilty for not noticing your pain 

 Your parents will be the most hurt 

You just might be somebody else's reason the wake up every day 

 

 Have to hurt in order to know 

 Fall in order to grow 

 In order to gain 

 Because most of life's lessons I learned from pain 

 It's only temporary 


The author's comments:

This poem sends a deep message, because it was an issue I saw in most young teens or young adults today.


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