Why do you hate me?

Why do you shun me?

Why do you laugh when I break down and cry?

Why won’t you help me 

when they’re all making fun of me?

Why won’t you stick up for me 

when they're shouting and whispering 

and texting and posting their lies?

"So fat, 

so ugly,

so worthless 

— so gay.

Hey loser, hey stupid—

you should just go away."

Words kill. (so mean, so heartless, so cruel) 

Words can kill.

I’ve tried hard 

but I can’t will them to stop. I’ve tried hard, 

but my heart and my body are scarred. 

And I’m afraid 

I’ve begun to believe what your words 

say about me.  

Tell me, what do your words 

say about you?