• Dear diary,
    tab Did you see what he did to me? Did you see it when he hit me? Mom did. But she didn’t do anything. She touched my arm and smiled and acted like he wasn’t a ticking bomb. I know you saw. Can you tell someone? I wish you could talk.
    tab Did you hear what they called me? How they treat me? Their friends do. But they don’t do anything. They just sit there and avoid my eyes. I know you heard. Can you do something? I wish you could show somebody.
    tab Do you know what they’re doing? How they’re killing me? No one else does. I just sit with the pain all day as it weighs on my heart. I know you know. Can you hurry now? I wish you could run.
    tab Do you realize I’m going to kill myself? That it has gone on for far too long? I take the knife they tortured me with, and the things they did to me. I know you see the irony. Can you watch over me? I wish you were real.
    Goodbye.