Packaged as entertainment
Celluloid truth in just under 2 hours
Not this writer’s truth, but surely someone out there
A school system
In the conservative
Seeking to go unnoticed
Ridiculed, finger pointing a daily occurrence
Sub-level humans to avoid at all cost
Wasted time
Time forever lost
By ignorance, bullying and homophobia
Grade school
A white line painted across the playground
Boys on one side
Girls on the other
Gender identity brings a painful path
Yet another place
Of impossible hope
Punishable time
Thankfully passed
Adults unavailable, a child alone
Junior High
A private school
Hopes for the soul stains to disappear
A sledgehammer to a jewel of innocence
Cruelty in abundance
Humiliating episodes performed daily
Skits without lines for the injured
Self preservation believed to be a coward’s title
Time without indignation
A portrait painted by self-hatred
High School
Whispers loudly spoken
Cringing jokes
Laugh along, maybe you’ll belong
The clock runs down
Must escape
Wasted time
Time forever lost
By ignorance, bullying and homophobia
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