Poetry Readings

Sofie~ 🚫Stop Bullying🚫

Let me tell you something.
Just because Sofie is wearing baggy jeans and a big gray sweater, it doesn't mean you can just push her around like she's the food on your plate. Just because she's the new girl, it doesn't mean you have the right to be the big bad person. Just because she's little red riding Hood, it doesn't mean you have the right to be the big bad wolf.
Let her be that nerd you're preventing her from being. Let her be the smarty pants to get a high school diploma. Let her get into a good college.
I see why you mess with her, why you bully her. It's because you know she's gonna make it somewhere and you aren't. You fear she'll be better,
More pretty,
More smart,
More talented,
And free.
You fear that one day she'll be the big person.
That she'll be more than you will ever be.
She'll be the popular one.
The pretty.
The smart girl.
The girl who can get enough votes to oust you as prom queen.
Because you don't deserve it.
You don't deserve friends, you don't deserve anything.
But what you deserve is pain. You deserve the pain she felt.
You deserve depression,
You deserve agony,
You deserve sadness.
Because it's what she felt when you were bullying her.
It's how she felt when you were picking on her puffball that looked "nappy".
It's how she felt when you were telling people how ugly she was.
She was nice to you and you still bullied her.
Stop!
What if she ran a tub and filled it with water, warm to sit and think in?
What if she didn't use it to sit and think in?
What if she sat and layed back with her head in the water?
What if she was drowning herself?
What if she died?
I mean, you are the big bad wolf right?

{3/28/17}