Reminiscent of Jeremy

If you cut me
Do I not bleed?
For your sympathy must I plead?
Such was the refrain of a 12-year-old
After abuses, untold
Perpetrated by his classmates
Just Tom-foolery, not hate
A teacher was told
The boys recieved a stern "scold"
But, a pattern would unfold
Their behavior uncontrolled
And so was the pain of a 12-year-old
After abuses, untold

He hated the gym
The worst place for picking on him
But, such is the life of a 12-year-old
Enduring abuses, untold
Knocked down from the monkey-bars
Now they've taken it too far
The principal must be told
The boy consoled
But his abusers became more bold
He was "trolled"
Increasing the shame of a 12-year-old
After abuses, untold

Reminiscent of "Jeremy"
No longer would he plead
A new game for this 13-year-old
After abuses, untold
Borrowing from their playbook
Brutal beatings he undertook
Empathy he would withhold
As sinews tighten
And muscles grow
Incarceration, release
Blow after blow
A back-alley hero
This is the story of a guy I know
And his abuses, untold