Phoebe♥ Poem by Marisa Menard

She was the worlds wake up call.
She touched the lives of girls, across the country.
Why did she have to die?
Why did a girl who had family and friends that love her think killing herself solved all her problems?

The girl I am speaking of is fifteen-year-old Phoebe Prince.
Phoebe took her own life on January 14th,2010.
She did this because she was viciously tormented by her schoolmates.

All Phoebe wanted was to fit in at her new school.
But instead she was teased, harassed, made fun of, and threaten.
She wanted out.
She didn’t like being bullied.

Phoebe felt so alone and desperate.
She had one choice and she made the choice to take it.
So she hung herself.

If you could have comforted Phoebe, just what would you have said?
What would you want someone to tell you when you’ve been totally betrayed by your crush and girls are harassing you on Facebook and at school?
What would say to a friend who has been so beaten down that she feels she has no other choice?

Well Phoebe didn’t have someone there to help her out.
Everybody just stood by and watched her get bullied and did nothing.
After everything would have happen they would walk away and get on with their lives.


Funny when you're dead how people start listenin'?