The Pain
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Royce Butler, Grade 12, Whitsunday Christian College
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Poetry
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2011
Excellence Award in the 'Step Write Up 2011' competition
You go home to your family,
They ask if you had a good day,
You lie to them and say yes,
So that they too don’t have to feel the pain.
You cry upstairs in your bedroom,
And wonder why the bullies choose you,
It’s like you’re a walking target,
What did you ever do?
You don’t want to change who you are,
Because you know that you’re a nice guy,
But the bullying is worse the next day,
And you feel like you want to die,
You say the same lie to your parents,
And inside you feel really mean,
You go back up to your bedroom,
And slip into a never-ending dream.