Her loved ones
harshly chastise her
ALWAYS ALWAYS.

Rumors and gossip,
Bullies and jeers

F L  O   O    D     E      D

D
O
W
N

the hallways.

UNSTOPPABLE.
UNFORGIVABLE.

DIFfeRENT.
FReAk.
UGlY.

Her ‘friends’
F    
   E
       L
           L
into the chasm
of DECEIT and LIES,

I S O L A T I N G  HER.

‘Hey, can I sit-
NO, you CAN’T sit with US. GO A W  A    Y.’
‘STOP hanging around with US!!!’
‘Omg EW, let’s leave her and go home first.’
‘I… don’t, wanna be FRIENDS anymore… Sorry..”

Each EMOTIONS,
INSULTS,
EXCUSES..
She bottled it
inside
her fragile heart;
to keep it from
E  S    C      A        P         I             N            G             OUT…
Until-
CRACKK.

It started to take root,
MANIFESTING
inside her.
It starts small
but-
soon grew steady,
E  X   P    A     N      D       I       N         G
its grasp,
L  A  R  G  E  R and L   A    R    G    E   R;
T I  G  H   T    E      R and T  I G H T E R.

Choking her mind.
HURGH...URGH...UHHHH…

Then
the sneaky little
VOICES
come along.

Sea of distorted monsters screams and wails.

Churning,
clawing W    i  L     d L     Y.
Scavenging,
gobbling up

her last shards
of..  HOPE.

Her last salvation.
Her remaining light.
...
SILENCE.