This poem is a reflection. It's my view, looking back on my middle school years. It's dedicated to all those like me, who went through or are going through what I did. Please don't give up, did does get better in high school. Besides, if you give up, they just win. Fight back, and never give in!

My Scared Heart

I now feel nothing

My heart once bled

The pain I once felt

Into the sky it fled

The names they called

The scorn I had felt

I stood silent

With it I dealt

Though no bones broke

No blood was shed

The names burned

Etched into my head

I tried to stop it

I tried to hide

I took that pain

I locked it inside

They would not stop

They could not stop

I was an addiction

They could not drop

Through the years

My heart had harden

I wrote poems to come alive

They were my secret garden

My heart grew tough

But the pain I still feel

I now have friends

My heart now heals

I continue on

The past behind this one

But I will never forget

The one who shunned

The ones who scared

The ones who almost broke

This scared heart

And that is no joke