John Doe.

Bullies. 
Bullies can scar you, break you down into rubble. They can leave you as a skeleton of the real you. I know this for a fact.
Bullying is a matter very close to my heart, and this poem is a piece I dedicate to every kid out there being bullied.


Get out.
Just get your voice out of my head.
Who invited you in?
Save yourself the trouble, leave me instead.

Leave me alone.
Just walk out of this space I call my Life.
You wont leave a void here, won't be missed-
Your presence in my heart is a knife.

Stop screaming in my ear,
Stop staring me in the eyes.
Stop laughing in my face,
Everything about you tells me lies.

So let's be honest- I am scared
Scared of you and all those others,
You, who push me around and punch me as you please;
Keep my mouth shut and bind me in tethers.

Come near me no more
I beg; implore you.
I succumb now to your lofty shadow
Left in me of shame now, not a hue.

To understand me,
Of you I shall never ask.
After all, of all creatures, how could I
Put you through such a worthless task?

Can I ask you to get out, leave me?
Can I stop you from trampling all over me?
Can  I ask your soul to be of some reprieve?
Nay, You are Goliath- far too mighty.

In this shadow of a human that I was,
All I am is blind emotion.
Bottled up like a genie in a lamp,
Raging from the inside against all the World's commotion.

I am now your creation-
Your John Doe, don't you see?
Spineless, lifeless, nameless, faceless:
This is what you have made of me.