A poem that won the "runaway contest" on figment. A girl displaced and alone. |
Her mother Hated her Her father tried to Beat it out of her Her friends Abandoned her Her crush Ruined her Her faith Crumbled Her love shrank All because She loved a certain gender All because She didn't care how someone was born All because She was willing to love Willing to Trust Willing to Hope Willing to Believe It all snapped When her family Disowned her When her friends Mocked her When her crush Laughed and Teased her She left She ran But she had to She had nowhere to go Texas was no place for a Les- A Fag- A Homo She sat on that bench Thought it through and through Looked at the gun beside her Why had she bought it? She wouldn't do it. But Maybe it would keep her safe. Safe as you could be, where she was. Leave or stay, Stay or Leave. The words rang in her head She had no home No place to go- Only 15 Only a Child Nothing more than a Child. But the gun promised another place. An Eternal Place. She lifts the gun She points Her finger switches off the safety The gun wouldn't protect her from herself She closes her eyes and--- Her phone vibrates The last message she would receive before the money ran out She Ignores it Bang The phone falls on the floor Unknown Sender The words flash onto the screen: Another Life Stolen by Hatred Another Child Lost Another Insignificant Death To the Millions Lives Cost |