THEM by Latasha Wade

This poem is set in the present day. I have used the colour grey to run through the poem. This colour suits the poem because of the way the persona's life is bleak (no colour). This poem expresses the feelings of the bullied and provides an insight into what their lives are like; the fear of knowing what’s going to happen. I wrote this poem because many people can relate to it. The speech at the end gives this poem a performance element and this could be portrayed as dramatic. I used a wordle from another poem as inspiration.

They are waiting around the corner.

She knows they are:

Down that cold, dark, grey alley,

Waiting for her,                                                                                       

As she walks past, they walk out,

They follow her... just following... like they always do,

She knows what comes next: the names, the threats and the pain,

But they make her wait for it; she looks up at the grey sky and she feels trapped,

As she walks up to the school gates, she knows they’re still there,

She can still hear the crunch of the gravel under their shoes,

She stops still in front of the school and she hears the words,

“Hey, you”.  This is when it begins...