a poor kid gets picked on by his peers
exposing his worst fears

everybody is his enemy; there is nobody for him
he tries to tell his parents but they just ignore him

every night tears flow down his cheeks
...then he cries in his sleep

it's not fair that he be treated so cruel
so he packs a gun to school

said he's reached his breakin' point
then he starts blowin' up the joint

he pulls the trigger with a gleam in his eye
and watches blankly as his bullies die

the cops arrive and shout out orders
the kid reloads and jets down the corridors

the school is now a killing field
he grabs a teacher and uses her as a shield

bullets rain, blood splatters the walls
students cry and students crawl

a couple of SWATs get into the building
only to find the youth had killed him-

self.
he looks to the skies

with the same blank look in his eyes
and the whole community acts surprised

i ain't surprised one single bit
what happened to this kid was straight up bullshit

no one had to die because he wasn't accepted
but everybody made him feel neglected

it's getting so bad and it's getting so scary
that packing a gun to school is necessary

and i don't give a damn about the expense
my kid is packing a gun to school for self-defense


1993

Rev. Dr. A. Jacob Hassler

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/self-defense/