[NOTE: This is mainly for slam poetry. This poem requires two people to read and the words need to be synched, but I thought I'd put it here so everyone could read it! Hope you like it!]
It only take one… It only takes one…
To save a life To kill a life
To bring someone up To break someone down
To love someone unconditionally To hate someone because they’re “different”
To protect someone To destroy someone
To make someone love themselves To make someone kill themselves
To make them stop cutting To make them start cutting
To make them laugh To make them cry
To make them happy To make them suicidal
Make them smile Make them never smile again
Give them a reason to fight Give them a reason to give up
Get them to open up Get them to shut down
Giving up entirely
You influence my life You influence my life
Whether you like it or not
I always seem uplifted I always seem broken
Enthusiastic in school Dreading school
Why would I want to go somewhere
Where I’m constantly abused
Why wouldn’t I want to go
Somewhere where I constantly
Make friends Making friends is never easy
My friends would never Because I feel they’ll always
Abandon me Abandon me
I am never alone I am alone
Someone will accept me No one will accept me
Having someone to hang with Never having anyone to hang with
I always have a shoulder to cry on Always beating myself up
Loving myself for being me
Hating myself for my body image
Accepting others and feeling loved
Shutting down and keeping everyone locked out
This is me This is me
…[pause]… …[pause]…
It only takes one It only takes one
To save me To kill me