~April 4 3-2006~

Looking down on his
drained countenance
         tears flow
They lowered him gently
          into the accepting ground
His playful smirk
          still frozen on his face
April winds carry off our happiness
Recalling fondly
           of his ambitions to be successful
               his ability to give off kindness
                       even to those who were undeserving
               his authentic intelligent compassion

YET
        
                the laughter
         lies
                  harrassment
                        from his peers
                              were just too much

After years
       of coming home
  
                    bruised
                                 and
                     taunted

He finally had enough
      the chortle from other students
             about his "nerdiness"
or his bad taste in clothes
             "no brand names"
                      his straight A's
or that he never even smoked cigarette
              "Let alone go to a party"

Staring at himself
         in total abhorrence
Shattering his reflections
         with his fist
                 using shards of his mirror
           to rupture his blood vessels
                  his intricate veins
                     intersecting each other
                           a route to his heart
                           a highway to his brain
         Slicing his internal map
              gasping his last breath
                        that's where he layed

A man to be admired
A boy that was destroyed
             by pure ignorance