Bullies

A poem comprised of the feelings I get when bullied.

There's a certain Hellish realm,

Reserved for anyone who is battered, beaten, and forced to submission.

Every evening while I sleep,

There's no hiding from their voices in my mind,

There's no place in Heaven high,

Where I crawl away and die,

The only real solution's absolutely homicide.

All the things I have endured,

All my torment, I abhor.

I don't care about fitting in,

Or these psychopathic cliques.

Nor what I am classified to be: nerd or cool.

And the next fool to stomp on my book, or to slap away my tart,

I will make them fear the pain inside my heart.

I'm a teenager on a mission,

And contrition's not my style.

Am I a monster or a man?

I cannot say.

All I know is that salvation,

Is just passed all this damnation.

Salvation... Just one shot away.

You think I've arrived bearing forgiveness.

I come not with peace,

but vengeance.

There's a high price to pay,

for the forgiveness I purveyed.

I once was a boy, so friendly and yielding.

Everyone with a problem coming to me.

I once helped a fellow who then smacked me farewell,

That's when I learned to just,

Leave people in Hell.

`A poem by Ryan David Henderson

Author's Note

Please tell me what you think :)

Reviews

[Laura Lynn]

-when or if feelings are strong there is no changing the style one chooses to adopt unless you are adept at it, but still the ear gets to be trained in a certain way, I am finding reading here, and people aren't always looking for a this or that style

-'homicide,' and 'psychopathic cliques' are rarer compared to words used in everyday workaday worlds; also 'comprised'

-very nice; I haven't had the burden of helping a lot of people without kindness given in return, but it does happen from time to time and it sounds frustrating...I'm sure your readers or audience as you get to finding one may take this as a warning to remember that things like this can happen, so beware

[Ryan Henderson]

Yes, although I am only 14, I do have a fairly unusual and poetic way of speaking, even aloud.

[Ryan Henderson]

thank you for the review, it helps!

[Luximir]

Wow, your heart really was put into this piece! I love it, because not only do I completely understand you and how feel in your poem, but it was very well written! Cannot wait to read more of your works :)

(P.S I hope that you will understand the greatness that will come from perseverance in the future, you will do great things if you keep it up with how you are writing :)

[Ryan Henderson]

Thank you for the review!

[Luximir]

No problem! (Just realized how many mistakes I had in the review haha, fixed that)

[Ryan Henderson]

Thank you for the kind words in your review, thank you ever so much!

[David Ung]

wow, amazing piece but i am not too into the vengeance or homicidal part of thing Lol but i do feel it sometimes. Amazing is all i could say.
i used to be bullied when i was younger because i was very very short and very very innocent and i know how it feels man. The emotion served the poem really really well.

[Ryan Henderson]

Thank you for reviewing!

[Arnav swaminathan]

I will make them fear the pain inside...it's a powerful sentence.great work man...enjoyed it.

[Ryan Henderson]

Thank you for the review, Arnav!

[The Black Warrior]

MAN! This poem contains so much power, which comes from your inner feelings/thought, and perhaps desire. The man in tall shoes is in a mission for vengeance, not forgiveness...I must say though, that forgiveness is a very powerful thing, which not many seemed to know!

I really enjoyed reading this poem!

[Ryan Henderson]

Thank you! And the 'man' in the poem is me. Thank you for reviewing!

[The Black Warrior]

Yes, I know...I was able to figure that out because of the intense emotion ;)

my pleasure!

[BlankCypher]

I love this one man, I know how it feels to be bullied and it really does just quantify the experience.
The pain and darkness all in all being forced into hateful thoughts, but having the self control to not kill anyone is always productive :3
Well worded and fantastically written!
Also, you used "abhor", one of my most favourite words!
Well done mate, keep them coming ^_^

[Ryan Henderson]

Thank you! BlankCypher, I will definitely keep the bully poems coming, I have enough hateful thoughts towards my bullies to last a lifetime. Thank you for reviewing!

[BlankCypher]

No worries man! The hateful thoughts may never go away, but what did they give you? Literary taent and something to use them for. That's worth it in the end!

[Ryan Henderson]

Thanks, that is true!

[Kyline Freed]

This is great, but I'm unsure of what to say, if I think of something I'll put it on here.

[Ryan Henderson]

Ok, thank you for the review!

[hardeep sabharwal]

An interesting read, power verses powerless, many a time we see or face such situation in life,
a nice job
thankyou

[Ryan Henderson]

Thank you for reviewing! I will be adding more to this periodically!