They Win

Why did we leave Earth?

Why did we let them win?

We tried to be strong, but they chipped away at us everyday.

They created the scars that they could not see.

They laughed, they hit, they excluded.

They whispered, knowing we could hear them.

They stared, knowing we could see them.

They told us that the world would be a better place without us.

We told ourselves that we would be better off dead.

Day after day

We brought ourselves back from the edge.

They pushed us back.

They pushed us over.

When the day ended and we were alone

We still heard them.

Their voices became our voices.

No one likes you.

Weirdo, fatty, ugly, stupid, slut, freak.

Why don't you just kill yourself?

We forgot about the others.

The ones we left behind.

They were the people that loved us.

They lost us forever.

The bastards won.