“I don't want to go to school today,”

“Feeling sick again like yesterday”

Beating myself up over fright

Crying myself to sleep at night

Wishing, praying you don't find me

I’ll hide in the shadows silently

I’m hungry today; please don't take my lunch money

You laugh and joke but really it’s not funny

You punched me hard; I just took my last breath

Is this the end? My painless death?

I’ve wanted to do it myself for years

But all I could do was produce more tears