I feel my heart slowly breaking

As each tear slowly drips down

I watch as you try to remain

Composed head lifted up,

Shoulders back, and hands quickly

Wiping your eyes dry

It makes me want to disobey the

Rules to break my own composure

And hug you

But I can’t and she is lucky to still

Be alive we aren’t even allowed to

Breathe too deeply and yet no one

Has noticed her brushing her tears

Away, but when they turn they will

Head high, spine straight, eyes

Forward, feet together, hands

Together in front, I remind myself

But still I see her in the corner of

My eyes, oh how I wish I could

Shout and tell her too stop

It would only make things worse if I

Did, the whole group would than

Get in big trouble not just the girl,

It might be okay, since she’s new, I

Try to convince myself

They turn around abruptly and

Immediately notice the young girl

Drying her tears they say nothing,

Instead they drag her out of the room

By her hair

Once they are out I hear sobbing and

Yelling the rest of us remain

Composed even though they are

Gone, there might be cameras

All of the sudden I hear the familiar

Bang sound we’ve all experienced,

Some got shot in the leg others in

Their arms, then the beatings

Well that’s only if you’ve already

Stopped crying, she hasn’t, they

Only stop when you’re barley alive

Now listening to her screams and

Cry’s for help I no longer care if

There is a camera and let a tear

Fall for her,

They say it’s too teach an important

Lesson about the power of tears and

What they can do to you