feeling small ........
 

School playground
In its vastness;
so tiny
so fragile
so small
comparatively
diminutive
in presence
and stature,
A wisp
in a field
of shafts
and barbs.
Outnumbered
they crowd in
Encircling
Encroaching
Entrapping
Till there is no
Place to hide
No place to run
Cruel fate
Circumstance
Snared in their clutches
Uprooted
And tossed
High in air
then
left to flounder
helpless
Wind a snarking laughter
at the frail whisper
as the meek
defenceless
is crushed
into the ground
battered
bruised,
thorns
thistles
stones
its only comfort
no comfort at all;
pitiful
now left alone
with no one
to hear
its dying sound.

2010

:'( Happy Birthday Mika, 39 years later, and three weeks early, but its time to let it go :'(

* I was nine when it happened, and still remember them all circled around, united by one common purpose .. seeing me suffer!

Terrible society, isn't it?

Well, it's good you're letting it go. Bottling things up isn't a road to success.
On a brighter note, you write great poems. :)

Yeah, putting things out helps a lot :) Never eat things when you can throw them away so they dont harm you any longer :)

:(

I think a lot of people have the same experience... I did :(

:'( I remember you posted a blog about this back on AF a long time ago, that was so sad. You're not alone, though. Everyone goes through this crap in their lives, it's just a matter of not letting it drag you down.

To all, thank you for your encouragement and support, and yeah may taken me a while, but it is definitely time to let it go, and get beyond.

and HNM .. it is regretably far to common exprerience, and I'm sorry to hear you had to go though it too, noone should ever have to suffer bullying. :(