We didn't play like that
We didn't spend all our time in our rooms typing and tapping at screens
Headphones on
Music blaring
Swear words bouncing round our heads
Aggression building
Hating
Posting comments that hurt
Hurting
Just becoming this presence in social media
Destroying people's confidence
Rating people
Making people small
They didn't know how deep it got
They didn't realise the repercussions
They just spat out vile and logged out not another thought
Nowhere to hide from it all
Waking every day to the same old drama
Wishing that the pain would go away
Realising life would never change
Scared of school and college and work
And logging in or logging out
Even been seen out on a walk
Lock yourself up, hide it all
Cry quietly, let no one know
Hear their words bounce round your head
Let them win, there is no other way
When they became damaged
They became hurt
They cried out in nightmares
They began to drown
They became detached
Started writing dark thoughts
Stopped eating
Started drinking
Started drugs
Became lonely
Withdrawn
skipped school
Never opened up
One day a call
An announcement in assembly
A news story
A letter
A lost soul
Another life wasted
Ruined and destroyed
A family in shock and despair
Another life taken
Bullying
Let's make it stop
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