she was a gift to the world
but words silenced her
the only escape she had
was a gun

to the person who made her feel that way
you've just killed an angel

he walked in confidence
he was on the right track
nothing could stop him
except the fact
that he was christian
and gay

do the church that made him bleed
to bleed out the different in him
you've just killed an angel

she had the voice of an angel
she didn't let anything hold her down
her spirit filled the room with happiness
but the only thing they cared about
was the size of her body
bringing down the size of her love
until she couldn't even love herself

to whoever told her she wasn't skinny enough
you pulled the trigger on an angel

she was only in 7th grade
when her life was taken away
but she tried to hold on longer
an angel
who did nothing but make a mistake
when she turned 15
she decided she couldn't hold on any longer

her name was Amanda
and she was only a girl
but her story lives on
because she's still in the world

suicide is still yet to be stopped
and though we cannot
turn back the clock
for Amanda
we can save those who live like her

and to the man who blackmailed her with her own picture
to the girls who beat her up over a guy
to the parents who didn't see
to all the different schools that didn't do anything
to the friends who freezed her out

**to the people who harassed her on Facebook after she tried to commit suicide the first time
to the people who commented on her story video telling her she
"deserved it"
to the ones who never cared enough to ask if she was ok

you tortured
beat
and slowly killed
an angel