Faggot

Queer

Kill yourself

It's unnatural

Freak

Unnatural

Unnatural

Unnatural

I hear the taunts behind me and already I know that my fate is inevitable, I decide to take it and wait until I can limp home, he'll be there, he'll take care of me. Everything will be ok. I just have to survive till morning.

They crowd around me, more of them than usual

"Alright Queer" one of the heckles and I nod, trying to just get it over with,however my agreement with their taunts spurs them on even more and eventually the beating starts, a kick to the ribs, the usual.

Until a boy I recognise from numerous previous beatings, Kyle says

"Give it to 'im Gary, if you want to be in our gang, rules are you gotta kill a queer"

I panic at this and I think about attempting escape but Kyle notices and flips me onto my stomach, pinning me down, Gary-a thin, pale boy is holding a short, sharp pen knife. Death will not be swift.

Gary hacks at my back and I cry out Phil's name again and again as the knife slices through my skin.

My last thought before I black out is of how I should have told Phil how much he ment to me...

Because now it's too late

Then I close my eyes as the world gently fades

I try to move my arm and when I look there's nothing there.

Something warm is flowing down my fingers, pain is flowing all through my back.

Life is flowing out of my body, pain is flowing out with my blood.

The ground is red and moist where I'm lying.

God in heaven, teach me how to die.