Poetry competition CLOSED 24th July 2014 3:55am
WINNER
BoFantastic
BoFantastic
RUNNER-UP:
anonymouslyhere
Bullying Poems
You never know what it feels like to be bullied, until you're a victim,
When their friends are chanting "hit him", "kick him" and "beat him".
You never know the pain, heart break and despair,
Until you're the one that's ripping out your hair.
You don't know what it's like to be at the brunt of their abuse,
Until you're the one that doesn't know how to break loose.
You will never understand the pain of being isolated and alone,
Until you feel like the only escape is going home.
But what if home isn't an escape either,
What if the pressures from those at home make you sweat like a fever.
You'll never understand what it's like to feel like there is no escape,
Until you're the one being suffocated by the cape.
Until you feel like there is no escape from the tears and the sadness,
Until you feel like the only way out, is to fade into the blackness.
It's a shame that anyone ever has to feel that way, and something needs to be done, right on this day.
When their friends are chanting "hit him", "kick him" and "beat him".
You never know the pain, heart break and despair,
Until you're the one that's ripping out your hair.
You don't know what it's like to be at the brunt of their abuse,
Until you're the one that doesn't know how to break loose.
You will never understand the pain of being isolated and alone,
Until you feel like the only escape is going home.
But what if home isn't an escape either,
What if the pressures from those at home make you sweat like a fever.
You'll never understand what it's like to feel like there is no escape,
Until you're the one being suffocated by the cape.
Until you feel like there is no escape from the tears and the sadness,
Until you feel like the only way out, is to fade into the blackness.
It's a shame that anyone ever has to feel that way, and something needs to be done, right on this day.
CONFESSIONS OF A BULLY
Everyone has been bullied but nobody was a bully
Isn’t that silly?
So forgive me for my honesty
Lord have mercy, 'for I have been a bully'
There are reasons I could be a mean one
I’ll give you a few examples of some
Annoying oranges I would crush
Disruptive jackasses I would beat up
Grade school tattle tails ever ready to snitch
Killjoys and whiners that always have a bitch
They all became objects that I’d despise
When they saw me coming they’d cower and hide
The worst to whom I would be mean
Were those who demanded to be seen
Attention whores I would humiliate and buffoon
Munchausen trollers I’d always lampoon
Yes it’s true, though I was bullied
I could be a bully too
So what about you?
Do you suffer from selective déjà vu?
Before you lament on how you suffered
Think about how you treated others
Then take a look in the mirror
You maybe that which you most fear
The biggest bully you’ve ever knew
Might be the one looking back at you
Everyone has been bullied but nobody was a bully
Isn’t that silly?
So forgive me for my honesty
Lord have mercy, 'for I have been a bully'
There are reasons I could be a mean one
I’ll give you a few examples of some
Annoying oranges I would crush
Disruptive jackasses I would beat up
Grade school tattle tails ever ready to snitch
Killjoys and whiners that always have a bitch
They all became objects that I’d despise
When they saw me coming they’d cower and hide
The worst to whom I would be mean
Were those who demanded to be seen
Attention whores I would humiliate and buffoon
Munchausen trollers I’d always lampoon
Yes it’s true, though I was bullied
I could be a bully too
So what about you?
Do you suffer from selective déjà vu?
Before you lament on how you suffered
Think about how you treated others
Then take a look in the mirror
You maybe that which you most fear
The biggest bully you’ve ever knew
Might be the one looking back at you
~Are you done?
The little paper wads you throw at the back of my head during class,
Do nothing.
It makes me think,
Of ways i can kill you, all.
You will never be my downfall.
Your annoying little laughs in my ear,
You breathing around me when you're near..
me.
Leaving tiny worthless notes on my locker,
Are you done?
These are no death threats, dear children,
Do not mistake me. I am no Nun.
You're games are not fun nor funny.
Do not mistake me, Honey.
I dream for your blood to be on my hands.
So laugh and laugh,
Taunt and taunt,
You'll get what is coming for you.
You loose.
The little paper wads you throw at the back of my head during class,
Do nothing.
It makes me think,
Of ways i can kill you, all.
You will never be my downfall.
Your annoying little laughs in my ear,
You breathing around me when you're near..
me.
Leaving tiny worthless notes on my locker,
Are you done?
These are no death threats, dear children,
Do not mistake me. I am no Nun.
You're games are not fun nor funny.
Do not mistake me, Honey.
I dream for your blood to be on my hands.
So laugh and laugh,
Taunt and taunt,
You'll get what is coming for you.
You loose.
I'm a homegrown hick
Born and raised in the sticks
Good ol Toby Keith
And a wad of Chewin baccor in your teeth
Sitting on the bus
These two girls do as they must
Start pulling my hair
Saying hey hillbilly
Why don't you come here.
It's a good ol hour ride
Bullying from every side
I do as I can too push em away
But their words stick around to stay
Saying I aint right
Not listening to black veil brides
Saying I'm weird
Cause I wear braids in my hair
I was only ten
Hell I still wrote with a princess pen
They bullied and hated
On the way my words were stated
Wise beyond my years
I simply let them whisper evil in my ears
Never once did I say anything back
Because bullies only talk smack
Born and raised in the sticks
Good ol Toby Keith
And a wad of Chewin baccor in your teeth
Sitting on the bus
These two girls do as they must
Start pulling my hair
Saying hey hillbilly
Why don't you come here.
It's a good ol hour ride
Bullying from every side
I do as I can too push em away
But their words stick around to stay
Saying I aint right
Not listening to black veil brides
Saying I'm weird
Cause I wear braids in my hair
I was only ten
Hell I still wrote with a princess pen
They bullied and hated
On the way my words were stated
Wise beyond my years
I simply let them whisper evil in my ears
Never once did I say anything back
Because bullies only talk smack
im a loser its true
no matter what I do
people always on me
just leave me free.
they say "man you're so gay"
then turn around and proclaim me homophobic
anything to make you seem heroic
makes me sick
so demonic
kinda ironic
I hide in the face of a clown
to hide my frown
when im on the ground
I can stand and fight
but the fear of the fright
doesn't feel right
its so synonymous
I whish to remain anonymous
don't believe me?
look at my name
will I ever be the same?
they don't care how much it will hurt
its a kick to see my face in the dirt
find someone weaker than you
to feel empowered
be devoured
in your laughter
and live happily ever after never factor or fathom
the effect
or reflect
dismiss respect
when it ends in tragedy
they'll shrug and sing the same old song
"it isn't my fault he just wasn't very strong"
no matter what I do
people always on me
just leave me free.
they say "man you're so gay"
then turn around and proclaim me homophobic
anything to make you seem heroic
makes me sick
so demonic
kinda ironic
I hide in the face of a clown
to hide my frown
when im on the ground
I can stand and fight
but the fear of the fright
doesn't feel right
its so synonymous
I whish to remain anonymous
don't believe me?
look at my name
will I ever be the same?
they don't care how much it will hurt
its a kick to see my face in the dirt
find someone weaker than you
to feel empowered
be devoured
in your laughter
and live happily ever after never factor or fathom
the effect
or reflect
dismiss respect
when it ends in tragedy
they'll shrug and sing the same old song
"it isn't my fault he just wasn't very strong"
Third grade
the year it all strayed
they casted a ray on me
until senior stay
They picked
They poked
They made jokes
They laughed
They prod
They egged on
They bossed
They tossed rocks
There words hit dead on
I cried
I lied
I felt lost
I staggered behind
I fell
I swelled
I lived to tell
the year it all strayed
they casted a ray on me
until senior stay
They picked
They poked
They made jokes
They laughed
They prod
They egged on
They bossed
They tossed rocks
There words hit dead on
I cried
I lied
I felt lost
I staggered behind
I fell
I swelled
I lived to tell
Bully
I thought it to be fair
For me to make you hurt.
After all you'd put ME through
I'd make you feel my worst.
I beat you till my knuckles bled
You were passed out cold.
I thought that you were dead.
You never spoke a word to me
I thought it only fair.
Words were not yet needed
In this hateful love affair.
You pummeled on me
Black and blue
Till your muscles ached.
Every day
You did this
'Til I couldn't wake.
I just lie there on linoleum
Waiting for some help
When suddenly I thought of it
As I let out one last yelp.
I'd take the matter
To no one
I'd handle it myself.
But that idea
Didn't work
Quite how I had felt..
I thought it to be fair
For me to make you hurt.
After all you'd put ME through
I'd make you feel my worst.
I beat you till my knuckles bled
You were passed out cold.
I thought that you were dead.
You never spoke a word to me
I thought it only fair.
Words were not yet needed
In this hateful love affair.
You pummeled on me
Black and blue
Till your muscles ached.
Every day
You did this
'Til I couldn't wake.
I just lie there on linoleum
Waiting for some help
When suddenly I thought of it
As I let out one last yelp.
I'd take the matter
To no one
I'd handle it myself.
But that idea
Didn't work
Quite how I had felt..
This is no life for a bee
I have only one chance
To simply be free
But being free would cost me
If I stand up and fight
I would only have one sting
What would this bring?
Nothing to this bee
Because as I leave
They will stumble upon me
As I suddenly flee
Because my one sting, didn’t set me free
My sting didn’t go as deep
No damage was done
How could this bee
My chance is gone
I go out to plea
But yet they plumbed me
They shout and scream
And these words cut deep
I keep telling them I am just a bee
This wasn’t meant to bee
Why won’t they listen to me?
I’m only a bee
But they’ll downgrade you
And make you feel like a flea
I am much more
Than these strips and wings
They simply can’t see
I am much more then they will ever bee
But damn someone save me
I slowly slice my strips away
As their word get deeper into me
I scream and kick
Nobody will fight for me
One slice will set me free
All because I was me
Better yet I was a bee
I have only one chance
To simply be free
But being free would cost me
If I stand up and fight
I would only have one sting
What would this bring?
Nothing to this bee
Because as I leave
They will stumble upon me
As I suddenly flee
Because my one sting, didn’t set me free
My sting didn’t go as deep
No damage was done
How could this bee
My chance is gone
I go out to plea
But yet they plumbed me
They shout and scream
And these words cut deep
I keep telling them I am just a bee
This wasn’t meant to bee
Why won’t they listen to me?
I’m only a bee
But they’ll downgrade you
And make you feel like a flea
I am much more
Than these strips and wings
They simply can’t see
I am much more then they will ever bee
But damn someone save me
I slowly slice my strips away
As their word get deeper into me
I scream and kick
Nobody will fight for me
One slice will set me free
All because I was me
Better yet I was a bee
You brought this upon yourself
When you open this door
You fucking fag
They yelled and singed
Who knew kids could be so mean
I was just thirteen
When she came to me
She my queen
But they took her from me
They said it was a phase
So they shipped her over seas
But I got left with a brand
A fag, a gay they seemed pleased
I can’t lie this wasn’t my plan
I didn’t mean to be bland
But their words came and sunk into me like sand
And I let them play in me
Leaving their comments
They left in my description
A daily dose of my prescription
This was my eviction
I needed an intervention
But no one even mentions
I needed a friend
The Inscription was plain to see
Help…Help…someone please
Just hold me, be near me
Just for once let there be a better me
That’s all I need
Someone to lay and keep the pain beneath
It’s so great I don’t feel it anymore
My question is simply keen
Why doesn’t anybody love me?
Why do they bestowed terrible words upon me
Why can’t they see?
It’s clear as day
Simple as night
They are just like me
Cut me open and I’ll still bleed
But yet they keep bullying me
Telling me I’ll never be
This enslavement is all I’ve seen
No one giving me a break
Please stop! Why are you bullying me?
When you open this door
You fucking fag
They yelled and singed
Who knew kids could be so mean
I was just thirteen
When she came to me
She my queen
But they took her from me
They said it was a phase
So they shipped her over seas
But I got left with a brand
A fag, a gay they seemed pleased
I can’t lie this wasn’t my plan
I didn’t mean to be bland
But their words came and sunk into me like sand
And I let them play in me
Leaving their comments
They left in my description
A daily dose of my prescription
This was my eviction
I needed an intervention
But no one even mentions
I needed a friend
The Inscription was plain to see
Help…Help…someone please
Just hold me, be near me
Just for once let there be a better me
That’s all I need
Someone to lay and keep the pain beneath
It’s so great I don’t feel it anymore
My question is simply keen
Why doesn’t anybody love me?
Why do they bestowed terrible words upon me
Why can’t they see?
It’s clear as day
Simple as night
They are just like me
Cut me open and I’ll still bleed
But yet they keep bullying me
Telling me I’ll never be
This enslavement is all I’ve seen
No one giving me a break
Please stop! Why are you bullying me?
Her pillow holds her face
Mind in space
Heart can’t be in peace
But yet she is a piece
Of what one use to be
No one understands
She is a beauty
Put underneath
So others can stand above the beneath
Confined to a leash
Nationality, race, gender
No this is reality
Not a day she is left alone
Follow all the way home
Unwelcomed in the poisonous dome
Wake up with a silent groan
Only to return to a hell hole
Everyday ….
Every hour….
Every minute
Every second……..
Conflicted in mental, physical, verbal pain
What do you gain?
Why are you fucking with thee?
Can’t you hear this plea?
Every damn day
She just wants relief
See this cross on my chest
It’s all blood and grief
I just want to go home
But that’s the norm
No one will know what it like is to be
The pain. The misery
It’s all cheap
So yet there is enough to go around
But yet it is she who gets it all
She’s buried to steep
Hands coated in blood
She can’t sleep
Because the norm
Even happens in her dreams
She finds no peace
Because she is only a piece
Mind in space
Heart can’t be in peace
But yet she is a piece
Of what one use to be
No one understands
She is a beauty
Put underneath
So others can stand above the beneath
Confined to a leash
Nationality, race, gender
No this is reality
Not a day she is left alone
Follow all the way home
Unwelcomed in the poisonous dome
Wake up with a silent groan
Only to return to a hell hole
Everyday ….
Every hour….
Every minute
Every second……..
Conflicted in mental, physical, verbal pain
What do you gain?
Why are you fucking with thee?
Can’t you hear this plea?
Every damn day
She just wants relief
See this cross on my chest
It’s all blood and grief
I just want to go home
But that’s the norm
No one will know what it like is to be
The pain. The misery
It’s all cheap
So yet there is enough to go around
But yet it is she who gets it all
She’s buried to steep
Hands coated in blood
She can’t sleep
Because the norm
Even happens in her dreams
She finds no peace
Because she is only a piece
