#antibullying
They spread a rumour,
once,
that I can't tie my shoes,
twice,
that I can't jump rope,
thrice,
that I have fat fingers,
and then I wasn't around to hear it anymore.
Apr 14, 2021
Apr 14, 2021 at 5:55 PM UTC
Messy hair and stained white shirts.
The laughing stock of this tiny stage.
Stare at your feet,
Velcro sketchers covered in sand.
Mar 23, 2021
Mar 23, 2021 at 9:39 PM UTC
Drown out the laughs with your own internal screams.
Now you wish for that undervalued state of oblivion.
Mar 23, 2021
Mar 23, 2021 at 9:36 PM UTC
A person once asked
If was a judgement free person
Meaning that I don’t judge people
I say I
Cannot judge people
For I have been judged
Upon
My race
Orientation
And uniqueness
I should be asking that question
Instead
Of the other.
Feb 21, 2021
Feb 21, 2021 at 10:38 AM UTC
Please just walk away
He doesn't want you to stay
That golden look
Highlights your undying smirk
Please don't stay long
You know he isn't that strong
Just your presence
Will rob him his weak pleasence
Watch what you say
He goes to bed during day
Not to sleep, but to think
Not to weep, but on the brink
Please don't say that
Is it cool to call him fat?
Want him to cry
While your mind is up there high?
Please, not okay
When you make him feel that way
That is enough
He will never be that tough
Watch what you do
Not everyone can be you
He has a life
Let it not end with a knife
Please do not play
Your the lion with your prey
Please let him live
I do not want him to die
Jul 23, 2020
Jul 23, 2020 at 4:18 PM UTC
~Dedicated to all victims of bullying, which include girls
& boys of all ages, sizes, and backgrounds. (That includes me too.)~
Yvonne was very, very, very happy.
She loved her mother.
She loved her brother Phillip.
And she loved swans.
Oh, did she ever love swans!
She loved the way they looked
With their smooth, fluffy feathers,
And colorful beaks of orange, yellow and red.
She would watch them for hours
As they glided over water
In the pond at the park.
Her favorite thing was when two swans
Would get close, ever so close,
Head to head, forming a heart
With their beautiful, curved necks.
Her next favorite thing was
When baby swan cygnets
Would bunch together,
Closely following behind their mother.
She loved swans so much that she
Made a song about them.
Yvonne called it her Swan Song.
“Oh, lovely swan, as you swim in the pond,
Your baby cygnets play—I could watch them all day!
Whatever I do, when I think about you
I wonder if you think about me too!”
Yvonne sang her swan song
All the way to school in the morning
And all the way back home in the afternoon.
Yvonne loved school too.
She was a very good student.
She studied hard for her tests.
Her grades were very good.
Her teachers were impressed.
Yvonne was helpful to her classmates.
And she was very, very, very happy.
One day a new kid showed up at school.
His name was Harry, and he seemed kinda cool.
The teacher welcomed Harry to the class
And told everyone to be nice to him.
Harry was a little bigger than most of the kids.
And Harry didn’t smile. He didn’t say a word.
Harry sat at the empty desk next to Yvonne.
Yvonne was excited about making a new friend.
“Hi, Harry. I’m Yvonne. Pleased to meet you.”
“Shut up!” Harry said. “Leave me alone.”
Yvonne wondered why Harry was so mean.
In fact, he looked rather scary.
“Scary Harry” thought Yvonne.
Every day Yvonne and her friends would try to be nice to Harry.
Every day, Harry would be mean to them.
The only kids Harry liked were the bully kids,
The ones who were mean like Harry.
Harry was bigger and meaner.
Soon all the bullies were following him.
Every day they would pick on different kids.
One day they started picking on Yvonne.
Scary Harry taught his bully friends
An awful poem about Yvonne.
They would shout it out when Yvonne came to school
And they would shout it out when she left for home too.
“Yvonne sang her swan song
She worked so hard all-day long.
When she came home she fell down
'Cause her legs didn’t have any bones!”
Yvonne was very hurt by their horrible, hateful poem,
And she would cry and run away as fast as she could.
Scary Harry and the bullies would laugh and laugh
And keep shouting it over again and again.
They also made up an awful poem
About Yvonne’s brother Phillip.
“Her brother’s name was Phillip.
He had such big wide hips.
When he tried to drink from a straw he couldn’t
'Cause his mouth didn’t have any lips!”
Yvonne was no longer very, very, very happy,
She felt fear, stress and sadness all the time.
Fear made her not want to go to school.
Sadness made her stop acting like her true self.
She no longer wanted to go to the park to see the swans.
Stress left her stomach in knots.
She found it hard to sleep.
What could she do?
What would you do if this happened to you?
Yvonne did not want to be a tattletale,
But decided it would be best to tell her mother.
Yvonne told her everything.
About the new kid, Scary Harry, and the bully kids;
About them bullying her and her friends;
About the awful poems about her and Phillip;
About her fear of going to school;
About her sadness over not wanting to see the swans;
About the stress leaving her stomach in knots.
She told her mother everything,
And then she cried and cried and cried.
Her mother wept with her, and when the time was right she asked,
“What do you do when they bully you?”
“I start to cry and then run away” sobbed Yvonne.
“What do you WANT to do when they bully you?”
“I want to hit them hard and make them stop!”
With loving eyes, her mother replied
“Yvonne, I am so sorry for you. But I know exactly what you should do.”
“Really?” Yvonne asked between sobs.
“Really!” responded her mother. “Listen closely.”
Placing her hands gently on Yvonne’s shoulders,
Her mother kindly looked into Yvonne’s eyes and said:
“You can beat a bully without using your fists,
If you don’t react to their bullying.
If you don’t react, the bullies will lose interest.
Don’t retaliate, or be mean to them,
Because that will only add to the problem.
Act confident, don’t be afraid.
Bullies notice when you’re afraid.
Walk away, don’t run.
It shows you have self-control,
Something the bullies don’t have.
Don’t walk to school alone.
Walk with a friend.
Since bullies love secrecy, tell someone.
Tell a teacher, just like you told me.
Even though you may feel like a tattletale,
You shouldn’t have to face it alone.”
Yvonne hugged her mother long and hard.
She was so happy she had finally told her mother.
“Let’s go to the park and see the swans” her mother said.
Yvonne, her mother and Phillip went, and had a wonderful time.
Yvonne felt like singing her swan song again,
So she sang it loud and strong
In the park by the pond and all the way home.
“Oh, lovely swan, as you swim in the pond
Your baby cygnets play—I could watch them all day!
Whatever I do, when I think about you
I wonder if you think about me too!”
The next day at school,
When scary Harry and the bully kids
Shouted the awful poems,
Yvonne remembered everything her mother had told her.
She even told her friends, so they would know what to do.
And she told her teacher too.
It didn’t take long before the bullying slowed down.
Scary Harry eventually stopped being as scary.
Yvonne was once again very, very, very happy.
She loved her mother more and more each day.
She loved her brother Phillip.
She loved her school too.
And she loved swans.
Oh, did she ever love swans!
Oct 19, 2019
Oct 19, 2019 at 3:23 PM UTC
I jumped on my bike as fast as I could
but not fast enough, it did me no good
the bully kid was big and mean and acted very tough
laughing all the while he quickly knocked me on my duff
Rubbing grass in my mouth, slapping me in the face
him laughing at me, me feeling so disgraced
he punched me so hard then left me crying on the ground
I slowly stood up, was there anyone else around?
I gathered up my books and slowly climbed on my bike
and pedaled straight home mustering all of my might
"What happened to you, son?" Mom was the first to see
I cried as I replied "I got beat by a bully!"
"I'm so sorry for you son, I'm so sad that you were harmed"
just then my dad walked in and immediately looked alarmed
Dad quickly asked me "Son, did you give him back the same?"
I sheepishly said "no" re-experiencing the shame.
My dad just stared awhile then said "I don't like what you're becoming.
Next time you better fight, give the bully what he's got coming!
First you punch him in the stomach then you hit him in the face
He won't hurt you any more, when you put him in his place!"
I slowly nodded as he left, then Mom quickly gave my cheek a kiss
"I'm so proud of you son for not fighting him with your fist
The Lord's servant doesn't need to fight but should be gentle instead"
"Yes ma'am" I quickly said as conflicting counsel twirled round my head
The next 5 years at school when tensions flared I was a gentle talker
as a bully approached my sophomore year I threw him against his locker!
Thank you Mom and Dad!
Oct 19, 2019
Oct 19, 2019 at 3:13 PM UTC
I must really get under your skin
Maybe that's why you are mean
Why don't you give it a rest?
Am I really a pest?
I am not insecure
You have a heart that's unpure
They call me a *****
It broke my heart, now it can never be stitch
They say, "you're full of crap!"
PLEASE MAKE IT STOP
But, you can never bring me down
Nor make me frown, not anymore
I know I'm going to be a star
So, thanks for giving me this scar
Please bury yourself in the tar
And watch me as I drive my fancy car
Jul 30, 2019
Jul 30, 2019 at 4:15 AM UTC
The perfect manicured hand of a bitch's
slap slap slapping
The raw red skin on my cheeks
The short pink skirt from hell
swish swish swishing
Against the long tan legs of evil
The shiny glinting blade of steel
slice slice slicing
The long green veins on my skin
The pure dark red of blood
drip drip dripping
On the crisp clean white of the bathroom tiles
The big hard hand of my mother's
bang bang banging
The heavy frosty door of solitude
The loud sharp voice of my father's
ring ring ringing
In the nooks and crevices of every corner
The big black bird of night
hoot hoot hooting
on the thick grey gravestone of mine
Jun 24, 2016
Jun 24, 2016 at 8:20 AM UTC
Happy and laughing at six years old
Until the first grade boys called her ugly
She cried every night and repeated everyday
She finally made a friend after two years of torment
Finally smiling but you push her to the cold earth below her
And she falls deeper than ever before
She went to her first party at eleven years old
Played spin the bottle and ended up kissing a girl
You got a picture of it and posted it on Facebook
Everyone pushed her down with words and hands
Started chanting *** ***** eater, **** , and queer
She never wanted to kiss that girl she only wanted to play the game
High school never was fun for her she was alone
Only her, her scars,her razors, and her thoughts
Someone finally pushed her over the edge, she finally gave up
You pushed her up to the lockers and said
"No one likes you **** Just die you stupid little emo!
Drink bleach and finally do something useful in your life!"
She did as she was told but first wrote
"I'm sorry for whatever I did that made everyone hate me.
And I'm sorry for waiting so long to do this."
What did she do? What about her family?
Why would they be so mean? I only have one question
Was it really worth it?
Feb 2, 2015
Feb 2, 2015 at 2:22 AM UTC
Knock me down,
Push me over.
Stump me and trample me,
Abuse and insult me.
I won't fear you
If that's what you're trying to achieve,
Because I'm bigger than that.
I'm bigger than falling for your traps.
I will rise up from the ashes,
I will learn from my wounds.
My pain will go but the scars will remind me
Of people like you in this world.
You are petty, you are a coward.
Instead of fighting head on,
You attack after dark behind my back.
You don't deserve my tears,
You don't deserve the pain and sorrow I go through
Because of you. And if I give in to it,
Then you've won the whole game.
But, I ask you to put me down,
To make me vigilant and aware
Of people like you on this planet,
Who'll do anything for revenge.
Put me down and see me rise,
Rise from the same fears and tears you gave.
Rise to become a better person,
Rise to become someone you can never hope to be,
Because the two of us are as different as
"Chalk" and cheese.
Jan 15, 2015
Jan 15, 2015 at 7:00 AM UTC
Words words
***** and *****
She runs away and falls on the floor.
They come after her,
Punching and kicking
Telling her they'll take her for a coffin fitting.
When she gets home
She cries some more
Screaming out for help, she falls on the floor.
She slams the door
And finds a knife
She feels the need to end her life.
This isn't okay
She isn't alright,
All she wanted was one peaceful night.
But peace doesn't come,
It never does for her
And soon her tears make her vision a blur.
She takes the knife
And cuts her skin
Realizing how ******* up her life has been.
People call her emo
And laugh in her face
Not daring to put themselves in her place.
She just smiles at school
And let's it all go
But at home she just watches her blood flow.
She ripped at her skin
And can't take it anymore
And as her blood drips and stains the floor
She grabs a chair
And some rope, too
Then undressed and slowly slid of each shoe.
She took the rope
Hung herself in the dark
And no longer has the best of a heart.
Her friends cry out
Once they hear she's dead
Her brother sobs as he sleeps in her bed.
She's gone
She's done
Because people made fun.
She's buried on Sunday
People are crying
All because one girl had completely stopped trying.
Jun 10, 2014
Jun 10, 2014 at 9:48 PM UTC
An expressionless face upon a white wall;
A mask which holds no meaning at all.
Uncover the truths behind empty plastic
And beneath it lies a story of a matter more drastic.
You can criticize the outside but not what's within;
Meaningless gibes at a person's fragile skin.
Denying the artwork of a creased, bruising hand;
Destroying the armor that enables one to stand.
Forget all your problems, this is one chance to see
Who the person with the mask of a lonely soul could be.
With a loss of stubborn pride, you can finally withdraw
And befriend all the minds whose depths you never saw.
May 18, 2014
May 18, 2014 at 1:00 AM UTC