{"sf1_id":352214,"sf2_id":"B1Q4JBZn","title":"Outcast","author":"Xandie","words":285,"posted_at":"2012-03-10T21:51:00.000Z","tags":["Angst","Dark","Death","Poem","Suicide"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/352214-outcast","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/B1Q4JBZn","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/fe/79/fe79b741-8095-48c3-a90e-1b4062063de4","description":"Written for a contest in highschool...","content":"A victim; a bully\n\nBoth deeply in pain\n\nOne fighting for freedom\n\nThe other for fame\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nShe walks down the hallway\n\nBooks held with one hand\n\nAs she tries so hard\n\nTo understand\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nHere he comes towards her\n\nHarsh words on his tongue\n\nThe whispers and gestures\n\nMore painful than any fist swung\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe doesn't see how he hurts her\n\nHow she fights not to cry\n\nHe continues to tease, unaffected\n\nShe wishes to die\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nShe thinks he must hate her\n\nBut she doesn't know\n\nHe's just as hurt inside\n\nNight after night, when his own tears freely flow\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe's self-conscious\n\nAfraid to let himself show\n\nPerhaps she could help\n\nIf he'd just let her know\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe just keeps on tormenting\n\nRevelling in the laughters he creates\n\nShe has no idea; it's not her\n\nBut himself, he truly hates\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nShe goes home; up to her room\n\nAlone in the house, she writes her last note\n\nNo one can help her; no one could have guessed\n\nBut they'll understand reading the pain that she wrote\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe reads it in the paper\n\nThe result of his teasing\n\nThe fatal error of his taunting\n\nThe news leaves him freezing\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nShe left no names to blame, just an apology\n\nAnd she took up a blade\n\nOpening her veins\n\nFor long-awaited peace, an ultimate price to be paid\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe guilt of his selfish actions\n\nWill stay on with him forever\n\nFor the girl he tortured until she could no longer pretend\n\nDivine retribution for commiting a murder\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nOutcast they were\n\nOne in the same world\n\nThe youth of the nation\n\nA story unfurled\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nCopy-written to Xander Bradeshaw\n\n  \n  \n\n"}