A.N./ WHAT THIS ISIN'T A WARRIORS POEM, WHAT IS THIS MADDNESS!? I know, but with Easter coming up, I want to upload a poem. If you see that cover picture, yeah, it took me about A HOUR AND A HALF to draw in MS (Microsoft) Paint! The dog, hopefully you know this, if not let me tell you who that is, it's my avatar and it is like the representation of me :) since, sorry, but I don't want you guys to know what I look like :3. But its name is Maple (so when I say Maple, I mean me) so yeah.

This poem contains a part of my story with Christ so please realize that the main idea events that are told in this poem are things that have happened to me, some other things are just representations (you should be able to tell what they are when you see them) so please beware of that before reviewing, thank you :} )

Now I present you with my poem...

What Lies Outside The Shadows-

My life is not the same as other kids at my school

No, I lived a pretty good life

I grew up in the Church

I loved the Lord with all of my heart

But I shall admit it

I was always in the shadows

I never felt, never experienced the real, cold world

That's the way I liked it

But I was dragged out

In 2nd grade

When I was little, there was a boy

While I was the shy girl who usually sat alone at lunch

I never spoke a word unless I was with my only friend

The friend who was in another class

The boys always played a game

That they thought was funny

While I thought it was mean

The one boy who played the bad game

Would always picked on me

Whenever they said "Who would you ever like to do this?"

He said me

The things he said were not nice

"Who would you like to tell their most embarrassing secret?"

Me

"Who would you like to hear that person say they were dumb?"

Me

I felt terrible inside

So I went to my Bible

Read a few verses and stories

Then felt better

Eventually the teacher stopped the kid one day

After I told my parents about it

I then went back into the bubble

My bubble?

When I was little

I would never talk

You were lucky if I even talked to you

Even if it was as simple as

"What's your name?"

I always had that problem

Too shy, too quite for my age

Wanting to hide from the world

Stay in the shadows

But kids like to take people like me from the shadows

Flash forward many years

I met some friends

In an after school program

I didn't realize

That one of my friends

Was really not my friend

Until my one true friend opened the curtain

She told me that she talked bad about me

After I left to go home

I felt sad

I read a verses at home

Then left th Bible there again

Not to be again opened

Unless it was Sunday morning

One thought went through my head

"I thought she was my friend"

After I left to go home the day before

The friend who told me told the leader of the after school program

But when the leader asked who was the person

Who talked bad about me

Only one raised her hand

The one who I knew wasn't the girl

She said she knew who it was

for she was friends with her and me

But she first pleaded

"Forgive me"

I replied "I do"

But I still wanted the girl

To admit guilty of her faults

Nothing

But I forgave her in my heart

Even without her confessing

Now another year into the future

The girl who once talked bad about me

Seats on my bus

But she isn't a character now

For many more come in her place

I was now in a time where kids

No longer are as pure

They cursed and swore

And I hated it

When we got our new classes that year

One of my classes I didn't know anybody

The others I had all of my true friends with me

The kids who were in the one class that I knew nobody

Cused and swore

Again, my bubble was broken

I told them to stop it

But they only laughed

After that they teased me

And by then I was sick of being nice

I told them to back off

But they only laughed more

I felt like I was falling

Deep into an endless pit

Of sadness and betrayal

"Why Lord, why again!?"

I would cry out at night

Slowly the year passed by

The teachers who saw the teasing

Were as blind as bats

For they thought we were all friends

Since whenever they came nearby

The kids smiled and pretended to be my friend

I was alone

For if I told the teachers the kids were faking it

They would think I was the bad kid

Who tried to look down on their favorite students

I felt sad and depressed

"Why Lord, why again!?"

I would cry out at night

Then one day

After that school year

I went to a church event

That lasted all weekend

When I heard the sermons

My eyes were opened

I figured why

The bullying always happened

For I would only care and listen to God

When I was being bullied

After that event

I made a commitment

To read my Bible every night

And to really listen and obey God

That recent teasing was just last year

But I learned a lot

For now

I feel more outgoing

Not as wanting to crawl away in the hole

I still struggle with my instinct

To run and hide

For I still am shy

Esipicaully when it comes to public speaking

But I know lean more on the Lord

The eternal Rock

My God

My Messiah

My Savior

When I thought I didn't need Him

But soon I realized that I do need Him

And I will always love and obey God

And I will try to never look back at the shadows

What do you think? Good, bad? Please review guys and happy early Easter everybody and hopefully you'll think about how much Jesus much of loved you when he died for you and rose from the grave three days later. :)

Peace out!

~Maplepaw46 :3 :D :) :})