Member-only story
Don’t Laugh At Me
Revised
This story was inspired by a song Mark Willis performed in 1998, written by Allen Shamblin, about his daughter’s bullying experience…
Their eyes were fixed on the empty desk.
You did this to me!
Despite their best efforts, they could not block out the voice.
You did this to me.
And they had.
The environment in high school was cruel enough, but when someone was different they were targeted even more.
Why don’t you just kill yourself? No one would care.
She walked differently, talked differently, and wore a scar on her right cheek that told a story.
You should have died.
Every word was a blow, a hit to the ego.
Highschool could be cruel, but this was on a new level.
She was bullied not with fists, but with words.
Every day, she faced them, and when she got home, they were there too, on her computer.
