Bullied

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For him, school is a battlefield-

A battle he knows he will never win or

He was forced to believe he never will.

He sheds a part of him everyday to please 'them'

Thinking, maybe 'they' will accept this other side.

'They' didn't know he comes home

And cry in the bathroom everyday,

Begging his parents not to send him to school.

And at night, his confused heart wonders about

All the things that made him so unlovable.

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Today, maybe you will not find him crying

In the school ground or in the classroom;

Nor will you find him reporting to the teachers

About all the horrible things 'they' did to him;

He will never explain this heaviness in his heart,

Because he does not even know how to;

For the time being, he will only wonder.

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But one day, maybe you will find him holding a gun

Venting out his repressed anger on people

Who have not done anything wrong to him.

Or you will find him harming another being

Without a hint of remorse and justifying himself

He has the license to hurt as he had also been hurt.

Or still, you will find him in a complete man

A celebrated, glorified and successful man.

But behind closed doors, you will never know that

He battles a constant war everyday with

The person staring back at him in the mirror.

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#no_to_bullying #no_bullies_allowed_in_schools