When everyone is asleep

She still lays awake

Trying to figure out how to hide her scars

He sits in the corner of math class

Constantly snapping his wrist to feel pain

They stay silent, no one notices

But all they need is to run to open arms to stop the violence

 

Violence is not just shoving someone against a locker

Violence is not just open fire

It’s also what many of us have to face today

A constant battle with ourselves

Some deal with pain by causing more pain to themselves

Trying their best to remove the words around them

 

Violence is not just punching and bruises

Violence is not just deep wounds and flames

Violence is constant, vicious name calling and heartbreak

That causes these scars and self-destruction

It is the cage that limits our breathing

 

We always think that no one understand,

But we can’t think like this anymore

I hope, I dream that one day, some day

We will heal

It will take time, sure

But we need patience to heal

Life does not have to end today

The scars may be permanent, but the words don’t have to be

So put the razor down

Wipe your tears away

And keep your head up

One day violence will vanish

One day we will walk in happiness

One day fear will disappear