whispers:
can you hear them ?
whispers:
he can hear them.
behind him. above him.
floating just out of reach.
to his left. to his right.
surrounding him like sharks.
travelling through the corridors.
poisoning the classroom air.
about him, always about him.
and still he remains silent.
accusations:
can you hear them ?
accusations:
he can hear them.
they're accompanied by fists.
they push him into corners.
force his back against a wall.
trap him in a spiral
of aching and self-loathing.
and still he remains silent.
his best friend - only friend -
pulls him out of the mud
brushes the grass off his shirt
and tries to cheer him up
with the reminder:
"tomorrow's the Day of Silence".
...
but, somehow, this doesn't make him smile.
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