Rejected

Pick me’ I shout to the one with the beard

it's never my turn, I hate being weird

I don't try to fit in, I know I’ll fail,

maybe they should try, being the size of a whale

All the food that I ate, caught up way too fast,

but my size doesn't mean, I should be getting harassed

I can see them all watching, and whispering too,

I can only handle so much gum in my gym shoe

This school is a prison, I can't stand it here

maybe 10th grade will be better if I show up next year

My friends sit and watch, they don't even care

When I talk to the office, they claim,

"They're aware"

This isn't right, things should change, I shouldn't be here,

Then it clicks, I remember, my dad, he hunts deer

This is it. This idea. I know what to do

After tomorrow, things will change, no more joke of the school.

My hands full of sweat, nerves in my chest

I've never done this before; they'll see I'm depressed

The sound of the bell, chimes out way too loud

I can't make a scene; I don't want a crowd

Here they come, the worst ones, for the daily locker shove

They do it and laugh, cause I fit like a glove

I jump out and turn, pull my hand from my pocket

That first shot, it goes off, it sounds like a rocket

They scream, they're afraid, I have all the power

Oh my god, what'd I do! My face it turns sour

He's hurt oh so bad, I can't go to jail

It's their fault, not yours, you didn't call me a whale!

Sirens are sounding from every known corner

I didn't mean to cause all this unwanted horror

My hands are crossed high, behind my fat head

Maybe we’d all be better off

…if I was the one dead.