The Boy Who Cried Human

The boy did more than cry for the wolf

The boy told the truth and was scolded for such

The boy was terrified and adults said shush

The boy could have died but he lives on

So his parents made the boy go to school

To learn what he could and not what he couldn’t

He was still too focused on the wolf to pay attention

Always on the edge until his teacher mentioned

His name to answer a difficult question

He wasn’t ready for it and..

*ding ding ding*

Saved by the

..Bell?

Except it was bullets ricocheting against metal lockers

The teacher told them to get undercover

Everything happened so fast the boy didn’t have much time to react

Before the wolf slammed his hand against the door the teacher went to close

It took less than a second for her brains to be on the floor

His peers in a corner looking in horror

All the boy wanted was his mother

The wolf beared his teeth ready to be seen

It was no longer a cry, it was a plead

That no one got to hear this time

Because all of those little lives

Ceased to exist once the wolf got what it wanted

If only someone listened from the start then

We wouldn’t be here

Where this has become normal

Where people think thoughts and prayers for what this wolf did will stop another one from doing what they’re bred

If you teach hate, expect the innocent to die

If you teach love, maybe these kids wouldn’t have to hide

From big bad humans

How many times does a boy have to cry

Before you favor their life over the wolf’s right?