For one long year you tortured me
My life a living hell
Each day you tormented me and pushed me to my shell

Your words were wounds
Wrapped in my skin
Seeping within
I see you grin
You laugh at my tears for eternal years

I cried myself to sleep each night,
Worn and weary from losing each fight.
I longed for the day when you were not there
for then I could wear that thing in my hair
Without fearing what you would say

You drove me away
I swore not to stay
I saw you glare and I hated it there

I lost my confidence, you lost my trust
I lose myself and run as I must

Each day I dreaded coming to school
You thought the teasing made you look cool
No-one else knew what I went through,
No-one else cared,
Instead they all stared,
At the spotty, greasy-haired, shy little girl.

Next year came and you let me be,
I thought, "Wow! Now I am free!"
But instead of the torments, I was completely ignored,
Ignored by those I had once adored

I lost my confidence, you lost my trust
I lose myself and run as I must

I looked up to you, you looked up to me
When third year came I learned how to flee
Flee from those whom once I knew,
In fleeing from those, I flew from you

Your words, sharp as arrows, cut me deep
Four years later, the blood still seeps
Closed wounds open for all to see
Leaving scars on my soul for eternity

You drove me away
I swore not to stay
I saw you glare and I hated it there

I lost my confidence, you lost my trust
I lose myself,
and run as I must.