# Outcast Author: Xandie Tags: Angst, Dark, Death, Poem, Suicide Written for a contest in highschool... A victim; a bully Both deeply in pain One fighting for freedom The other for fame   She walks down the hallway Books held with one hand As she tries so hard To understand   Here he comes towards her Harsh words on his tongue The whispers and gestures More painful than any fist swung   He doesn't see how he hurts her How she fights not to cry He continues to tease, unaffected She wishes to die   She thinks he must hate her But she doesn't know He's just as hurt inside Night after night, when his own tears freely flow   He's self-conscious Afraid to let himself show Perhaps she could help If he'd just let her know   He just keeps on tormenting Revelling in the laughters he creates She has no idea; it's not her But himself, he truly hates   She goes home; up to her room Alone in the house, she writes her last note No one can help her; no one could have guessed But they'll understand reading the pain that she wrote   He reads it in the paper The result of his teasing The fatal error of his taunting The news leaves him freezing   She left no names to blame, just an apology And she took up a blade Opening her veins For long-awaited peace, an ultimate price to be paid   The guilt of his selfish actions Will stay on with him forever For the girl he tortured until she could no longer pretend Divine retribution for commiting a murder   Outcast they were One in the same world The youth of the nation A story unfurled     Copy-written to Xander Bradeshaw Source: https://sofurry.com/s/B1Q4JBZn