"Voices That Hurt" by Aaliyah Lincoln Magnet School Sangamon County, IL Read the poems of every 2015 winner at www.7gp.org. The 7th Grade Poetry Foundation (7GP) is transforming young lives and their classrooms through writing. We provide free school-based poetry contests to every 7th grade student, in every type of school, in every community.
"Words That Hurt"
Aaliyah
Lincoln Magnet School
Sangamon County, IL
Every single second of the day there are voices in her head,
telling her she’s worthless, unwanted, just drop dead.
She hated her life because of the rumors they spread.
How could she not be upset?
Each name she has been called she never will forget,
second–guessing everything and filling with regret.
Her whole life she wants to reset.
Every night she painted.
It started in the 6th grade.
She wasn’t even afraid
the first time she cut her wrist with that blade.