They laughed at me. They all laughed at me.

They called me names and mocked my stutter.

“What’s his issue?” Guys would ask.

“He’s so pathetic, it’s sad.” Girls would murmur.

There wasn’t a day of rest. I tried skipping school, but after a week my parents found out and forced me to go back. My parents didn’t understand the cruelty I endured and teachers seemed to always turn a blind eye.

Howe...

I see people always moving,

Never stopping

Never looking around but only

Straight ahead

Some are crying for help while some are

Silently suffering

Surrounded by the cold, hard walls of buildings

Towering over

Shadows slowly creep over hope from the

Dying day

I see people stumbling home in a

Drunken haze

Always moving and never looking, always hoping

To escape

These towering buildings that k...