2008 - Secondary - Honorable Mention - Parkes

Bullying Pain

I feel my throbbing heart leaping out of my chest

and I feel my eyes expanding miles past its normal size,

and as my eyes start stinging more and more, and I am seeing less and less

my knees start to weaken under my weight of sorrow

which moves faster and faster to every centimeter of my body.

And as the hardship grows every second, every day

I feel the world’s hands, pushing me away

This one school, this one person, can rule my world

Nothing can be said, nothing can be done, so I will speak not one word

And when they are taunting me, I do not – cannot – speak; it is like their hands made of ice are

tightening their grip around my throat

And as I stare at them, my eyes sting, and all I see is a blur, and I do not float –

I sink.