Caution: This poem was written in a fit of rage and saddness

PAIN
By: Decoris Unum

Grab the metal

Say a prayer

Hope to God you make It

Then blow your brains as high as you once wanted to be

Before empathy met un

And before being yourself became fake

Staying quiet just wasn't enough

They started whispering the second I turned around

I kissed my cross

Pursed my lips

Listened to music that told me everything was gonna be okay

But was it really

Now I can never forget

All the times

It could have ended.