Life Of A Gay Bully Victim

They look at him with cruel eyes

Spit their venom on him with their sharp tongues

He just keeps walking, head down, headphones on

But there are only so many distractions in his world

...Soon none of those work, and the walls close in

"Faggot!" "Queer!" "Fairy!" "Queen!"

His tormentors never relent

Boys and girls alike connect him with their lockers

They throw insults at him with no discretion

They know not how their insults chop

Teachers shriek at him to pay attention

Lying no mind upon the objects being projectiled at him

They berate him with impossible questions

They cast scrutiny upon him as he looks away

Critically they grade him, keeping his boyfriend in mind

Each word he wrote is accented in their minds

But only by his differences are they punctuated

Breath is slipping away in soft tendrils

It leaves his body, yet none returns

It leaves as quickly as the red liquid from his arm

Crimson life rolls down the porcelain sink

Pooling around the drain

Then black came, fast, always fast

Frequently the black would surround him

He always recovered, starting the day anew

Not tonight however...