I want to hurt them in so many ways, <br />Hit them hard till the one of them pays, <br />Kick them down; hit them now, <br />Let that side out; but I don’t know how, <br /> <br />When I’m finished they’ll bleed and bleed, <br />An ambulance is all they’ll ever need, <br />Swap sides for just a while, <br />Making them pay would make me smile, <br /> <br />But I will just stand there and take it all, <br />Mute my ears from the names they call, <br />Wishing that they could be me, <br />The satisfaction would finally be, <br /> <br />So I stamp a bit harder, hoping for death, <br />Making there ears go muted and deaf, <br />From the names I call back to numb the hurt, <br />For once, please no blood on my shirt, <br /> <br />But as ever it’s me again, <br />Stop this bullying or I’ll go insane, <br />Someone help; help me please <br />Before they once again take me to my knees, <br /> <br />As blood pores from my wounded head, <br />How much I wished I’d stayed in bed, <br />But I have to show they cannot win, <br />Stop the bullying, put it in the bin, <br /> <br />And once again I return to school, <br />Everyone laughs at me the fool, <br />So when the chance comes I will take it quick, <br />Because bullying makes me feel so sick, <br /> <br />No one laughed when his head went crack, <br />When the victim finally hit back, <br />And when I looked down I saw his face, <br />And spat at his body in sheer disgrace, <br /> <br />And know I get the respect I deserve, <br />My status has rapidly went round a curve, <br />And up thorough the roof and up to the sky, <br />Because I’m the boy who never stood by. <br /> <br />November 2004<br /><br />James Lee Watts<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-boy-who-never-stood-by/
