(30) Johnny Please Don't Cry

There are those who hide, afraid to come into the light. Bullying is felt but rarely seen.

He always was a shy boy
Always found life to enjoy
They picked on him one day
They took his enjoyment away

They would put bugs in his hair
He thought his teachers didn't care
They called him every bad name
Said that being strange was to blame

Hurt him and caused him pain
Pushed him over in the rain
They even spat in his face
Told him he was a disgrace

Johnny please don't cry
I know you just want to die
Johnny I don't know why
It's easy when you try

I wish the bullies would just go away
Leave Johnny alone for only one day
There are too many boys and girls in tears
Too many bullied face suicide these years

Poor Johnny couldn't take any more
Found him hanging from off the floor
Poor Johnny is one of the dead
We should kill bullying instead


copyright Chris Smith 12th November 2009

 

Reviews

[Rachel]

Hem... I... Wow, Chris, just wow. How come you know how well to write words, when others barely know how to speak them? It's amazing, really, and I can't seem to find the correct words to describe this. Why bother? You've written it, I've read it, and it's done. I see your point clearly, and, well... wow...

[HopelesslyDevoted]

this is the best poem about bullying that i have ever read! great job! and thank yo for posting it! the world really does need to read this! this happens much too often! so many lives have been lost to it.
its awful...

[Liza]

bullying happens in so many forms; the different people are singled out because they can't and don't want to blend in...

[Peter Joseph Swanson]

Powerful!

[Jūdan FyreHeart]

=) Bullying is an unfortunate part of society, we have to pull together and use education to root it out and stop it before it gets to that point.