![]() Beaten DownA Poem by Ntandoyenkosi Ngcobo
Beaten down…
She was a normal girl, until she made the mistake that changed her life. She made the wrong person look stupid. Beaten down… She said she didn’t care, that is, not until they started. It wasn’t right, it wasn’t fair. But it was life. Beaten down… Him and his gang thought she would break the first time Expect she didn’t or not the way they wanted her too Beaten down… They saw her shrug it off, but they didn’t see her crying in the bathroom They were relentless but she stayed strong but only in front of them. Beaten down… No matter what we did could rise her damaged spirits back up. At first they didn’t notice the change, how she hides, stop smiling, stopped being her, a shadow. Beaten down… It wasn’t until she started being absent, that was when they began to mock her at every chance. They began to call her, to stalk her, to send emails to her just to hurt her farther Beaten down… She stopped talking, always avoiding people’s eyes. We tried to get her help, but no one came. We thought we didn’t see it, but we did. We just didn’t put two and two together. Beaten down… She had a razor in her bag, but we didn’t think anything of it. We thought she wore long, baggy clothes trying to be invisible, but we were wrong. Beaten down… They didn’t know when to stop, they told us in the end, they didn’t even know how. No one thought she would break, they all said they thought she was better than this. Beaten down… She turned into a robot being in automatic drive, giving programmed answers. No matter what we did, we couldn’t break through the cement wall that separated us. Beaten down… We should have tried harder but it’s too late now. Now she’s the free one. Beaten down… She was beaten down and only relief was a razor. They say it was on purpose. Beaten down… But we know she was pushed down too hard just like they did to her. She was beaten down, and now we are too. Beaten down… She died with one word one her breathe and now it’s our turn to say it. One that no one will ever forget. Beaten down… Goodbye © 2014 Ntandoyenkosi Ngcobo |
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Added on October 10, 2014 Last Updated on October 10, 2014 Author![]() Ntandoyenkosi NgcoboPiet Retief, South AfricaAboutCopyright © █║▌│█│║▌║││█║▌║▌║║ About Ntando..··♡ I am a writer, .. more..Writing
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