Self Destructing:
(Inspired by the poem Absolutely Nothing by Osoanon Nimuss which is also featured in "The Perks of Being A Wallflower")
Once upon a lone September
A little boy named Percy started school
He wore a coat that was too big
But that didn't matter
Because it used to be his father's
And he took the bus to school
And he made a best friend named Grover
Unaware of insignificance
And he got to meet his teacher
She had kind eyes
Not pained and red-laced
And he drew a picture of his family
-Poseidon included-
And his teacher gave him a gold star
And he showed it to his mother
Because although she was sad
She still cared
And later that night
The little boy named Percy reached into the coat's pocket
And found a bottle of pills
Once upon a chilling December
The little boy named Percy wasn't so little anymore
He was four years older
Not very wise
But not innocent
And Grover was still his friend
But not his 'best' friend
And he got responsibilities
Like feeding the cat
And doing his homework
And helping his mother do laundry
And hiding the alcohol
So his mother wouldn't get drunk again
And she wouldn't cry
His teacher was different this year
Stricter, meaner
Eyes colder
And Mrs. Dodds gave him an A- on his drawing
And told the little boy that wasn't so little
To color in between the lines
Once upon a scorching May
The little boy named Percy
Who wasn't supposed to be little
Met his mother's new boyfriend
And he didn't like his mother's boyfriend
He was smelly
And Gabe sometimes hit his mother
And sometimes his mother let him
That was also the year
He joined art club
And there was a girl named Annabeth that he liked
One that he would never strike
And he accidentally spilled paint
All over drawing
And Annabeth cried
Much like his mother would
And his art teacher got angry
And gave him an F
And it was in that moment
That he hated himself
Once upon a frigid November
The little boy who couldn't be little
Walked in on his mother
Bloody and crying
And Percy
So much more like a man
Tried to attack Gabe
And the boyfriend only sneered
Laughed in his face
And slapped him
This was also the year
That his friend Grover wasn't his friend
Which was okay
Because they were both busy
And Percy auditioned for a performing arts school
And got a rejection letter
And that was also the day
The little boy who couldn't be little
Ripped up all his drawings
And watched his future burn
Once upon a world of solitude
The boy that could never be little again
Was tormented in school
By a boy
With a somewhat familiar name of Grover
And the boy that could never be little again
Was failing school
And was failing his mother
And was failing himself
So Percy drew one last picture
Of bleary silhouettes
And he gave himself a star
With trembling hands
And slipped on his Poseidon's jacket
And locked himself into the bathroom
Until he had swallowed the last pill
A/N: So I had just been reading The Perks of Being A Wallflower for the hundredth time, and I always loved that poem featured in. I thought I'd give it my own attempt on Wattpad, (this used to be an original) but then I felt bad because I know that some of you don't have a Wattpad account. And thus this was born! It's sad, I know, but hopefully you liked it...? Drop in a review, please! :)