A poster
With tickets
For a suicide hotline
One lonely remainder
About to be plucked
Teachers steering
Baby sixth graders
Away from the railing
Because they know
Most kids
Are tall enough to get over
If they really wanted
Doors closed
Doors locked
Not for silence
But for safety
From the evil
That threatens these young lives
Bathrooms
Locked at lunch
Those porcelain havens
Also a death trap
For middle schoolers
In petty fights
Someone standing
Guarding
A club for everyone
Because more haters
Want in
Than lovers
This world
Is messed up
Even I know that
Deep in the heart of Fremont, California, there is a fourteen year old named Emily Hembruch. She has been writing since she could hold a pencil, and has been published by Young Authors, California Coastal, TeenInk, and The WEIGHT Journal. When not scribbling away in a journal, you can find her playing basketball, knitting, or watching her favorite shows. One day, she plans to be a full-time writer of all different kinds of fiction.