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Sad Lonely Girl

I HEARD ANOTHER HORRENDOUS SCHOOL BULLYING STORY TODAY…SUCH UNBELIEVABLE DEVASTATION, DESTRUCTION, PAIN AND UNBEARABLE SORROW CAUSED….ITS JUST NOT RIGHT NOR FAIR AND NEEDS TO BE STOPPED SOMEHOW IN OUR SCHOOLS!

THE POEM BELOW IS FICTION!
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She sits by the window with coffee in hand
Watching the raindrops tapping on the glass
Her mind revisits that high school year again
With the same questions she always asks

Those teenage years of chaos and confusion 
Where thoughts and hormones run riot
Just finding her way and wanting to fit in
Kept both her conscience and voice quiet

She remembers so vividly that high school year
It tortures her with sorrow, regret and shame
If she could only she could go back and do it differently 
Perhaps the outcome would have not been the same

She participated in the bullying of the sad lonely girl
Though her heart knew it was completely wrong
So she wouldn’t be their next victim
Safety from the bullies kept her strong

She remembers that day in the school canteen
When the sad lonely girl was again cowardly chosen
She saw the silent tears rolled down her cheek
In that moment her mind and heart were frozen

She saw the pure pain in the sad lonely girls eyes
Sitting sheepishly on her own
She desperately wanted to reach out to her
Comfort her and tell her “Its ok you’re not alone”

Yet so afraid of becoming a victim
She felt cowardly and weak
Intimidated by the bullies unrelenting cruelness 
She laughed, walked passed and to the sad lonely girl she did not speak

That day now is forever seared in her mind 
One of complete horror and doom
An unexpected school assembly was called
Informing students the sad lonely girl was found hanging in her room!

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Date: 9/28/2024 1:54:00 PM
Deb~ People do not understand that LIFE was not and never will be fair. People grow up and develop a backbone or they don’t. Some people will go through their whole life playing victim.. That only invites more people to attack you. The world is a brutal place. You and I will get hurt somewhere along the way. So what?! My Mom told me “ you will lve!” And yes,I have. No human is perfect. Pangie touching poem
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Date: 9/27/2024 1:21:00 AM
so sad, it can happen on a individual level but also by groups, tears.
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Date: 9/24/2024 8:46:00 PM
One cannot blame themselves for happenings to others. She needed help. I think schools should have counseling available but many counselors don't want to be bothered. Thanks for bringing this problem to light.
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Date: 9/26/2024 5:53:00 AM
I agree Hilda....something more has to be done! Thankyou so much....Debx
Date: 9/24/2024 12:47:00 AM
It saddens me when any human or group of humans can bully, harm, any others, nice poem.
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Date: 9/26/2024 5:52:00 AM
I agree Aysha....its a terrible human behaviour! Thanks....Debx
Date: 9/22/2024 2:19:00 PM
it may be fiction, deb, but we hear of stories like this every day and it's a very sad situation. i think when bullies grow up and continue to get away with their nastiness, it just makes things so much worse...
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Date: 9/26/2024 5:50:00 AM
It's such a sad situation ilene ....bullying is a terrible act! I haven't been on P.S much at all lately due to travelling and a busy period! Will read your poems when l am back! Debx
Date: 9/22/2024 11:10:00 AM
So sad Deb, I've read of similar stories, It's time CCTV was installed in schools, might make the bullies think twice. Tom
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Date: 9/26/2024 5:48:00 AM
Hey Tom.....just a quick pop in for me....I'm at the airport leaving Perth and back to U.K. l haven't read any poems lately on P.S but will once back settled in UK. Debx
Date: 9/22/2024 7:27:00 AM
Sadly Deb, we have not yet learned to leave people to be who they are for fear of being found out ourselves......
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Date: 9/26/2024 5:45:00 AM
Thanks John....Debx

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