Apologies

Humans, scared

Frightened

No hope

All dark

Spiders,

Crawling down

Your back

Frightened

All alone

Why?

Because,

You were bad

You hurt others

Even yourself

On the inside

"Names

Only names",

You think on the inside.

"But names do hurt",

A voice says

"They hurt real bad".

"I didn't mean to!"

you yell to

the invisible person.

"Yes you did"

it said again.

"Why must it hurt?"

you ask.

"Because, you choose",

it answered,

"Whether it hurts them or not".

I didn't want them to get hurt

I only wanted to show them how much

they hurt me

"They did not do anything to you",

remember, they asked to use your pencil".

"My special pencil, the one my papa

gave me before he passed on".

"I understand you are free".

the voice said.

I wake up, crying.

The next day,

I apologize to the

girl.

The innocent

girl.

The one that asked to

use my special pencil.