Bullies

You think I don’t remember you?

You thought it was all fun and games, but I remember you, I remember all of you!

It was 5th grade, I had No friends and The bullies wouldn't stop their tormenting. 8am filing into class I find a note to me signed by my classmates indicating how much they hated me. I was out the day before, did anyone care why?... and when I returned the next day there it was, a hateful note glued to my desk. Talking and laughing about me right in front of my face, and when I'm gone. Alone.. sad.. ashamed... I continuous acted like I was sick, going home, walking home alone. Making excuses not to go to school. No one thought that was strange? Who was looking out for me? I was only in 5th grade - alone.... It was hard then to get away from all the prank phone calls. Constantly calling making noise. I hated the sound of the phone ringing. I had to leave the phone off the hook so it wouldn’t ring. Trying to call my house all you got was the busy signal beep... beep... beep... What if social media was around then. What would have happened to me? The taunting was already relentless.. face book, my space, my god how far would they have went? Would I have stood up and fought back? Could I? I was a coward.

I cant say no-one noticed. You... I know you knew too. Sometimes I wonder if you ever thought about those times. What you saw. What you allowed to happen. You were the adult. Where were the adults in my life? Did you care? You knew what they were doing and you looked away. Why did you look away? TEACHERS are supposed to help, YOU DIDN'T!

Today would it have been a different outcome? Would I have been strong enough to fight the pain or would I have taken my own life or yours?

All of you know who you are and what you did.