Monster
"I'm a monster"
he warns you as you sit across from him on the first day of school
you smile
"I'm a monster"
he reminds himself as he returns to a house that doesn’t feel like home
he looks down
"Am I a monster?"
he asks himself as you praise him endlessly for passing a class
he leaves school happy
“Am I a monster?”
he whispered as you ripped into his bullies
your fury was beautiful
"I'm a monster"
he thinks as he watches your casket be laid in the ground because of something he missed
he should have seen it
"I'm a monster"
he says as he stands in the rain by your grave a week later
no one is there to see him cry
"I'm a monster"
he says as he brings a blade to his arm and draws red after he gets home
he smiles
"I'm a monster"
he thinks as he bleeds out in his bathtub
his sister screams in the morning
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TW: self harm, suicide
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