Taunts In School

While in school long ago
I remember the taunts.
The teasing by others,
Their voices still haunt.

I walked with a limp
they mimicked me.
Laughing and jeering
pointing, you see.

I'd go home and cry
trying to holding it in
Knowing that I had
no way to win.


Were you unkind
to another in school?
What was on your mind
when you were so cruel?


Please stop the cruelty
if you are a mother.
Teach your children
to love one another.