In middle school I had a boyfriend

Everyone said it was cool to have one one

But in reality it was cruel

My boyfriend would tell me I was fat

His friends made sexual comments

Him and his friends practically controlled me

There was one boy

My best friend

He would comfort and we would laugh

One day he became one of those boys

The ones who bullied and harassed me

I told my boyfriends sister

She said boys will be boys

He was just flirting she said

No one helped me

I was all alone

Girls don’t just live

We survive

This cruel world where

Boys will simply be boys