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Sports

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"Chloe, do something!"
My mind comes rushing back to the stuffy sports hall
My class are staring at me expectantly.
I look at the old, dull basketball at my feet,
And half-heartedly throw it…

Out of court.

I hear a chorus of 'boos'
"Nice one, loser"
"Gee, what a throw"
Sarcastic comments are hurled at me as the other girls run past,
Their long, tanned legs barely covered by the regulation PE shorts.

I look down my pale, thin and bruised knees.
At least I'm small enough
For the shorts to cover the trail of cuts
On my thigh.  

I retreat back into the corner of the court
Waiting for the bell to ring,
And send me to an hour of maths.


As I walk out of the changing rooms,
I hear cackles behind me:
"Can't even throw a ball"
"I don't think she's ever made eye contact, like, ever!"
"Freak"
"Moron"

I run away with tears pouring down my cheeks.




Holding a pack of gauze
To the line of
Blood
Running down my arm,
I replay the sounds I heard
During sports class.

The voices change,
Twisting themselves in my head
To become very different ones.

"Why are you here?"
"You don't deserve to be alive"

They sound the same to me.
100 Theme Challenge - Sports
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Tygeira-loves-yooh's avatar
So realistic and heart breaking. This sounds an awful lot like my day to day life, only that's me in every subject