The world isn't much different now
situations still the same
no longer roaming these sacred halls
filled with sweaty adolescent minions

Spit balls, cat calls
traveling packs in pairs
slammed up against the walls
while teachers look the other way
not paid enough to police
Indifference is surely a crime

Roll call, another failed mind
Billy Lucas,
why did this narrow world
do you wrong?

Not one of the crowd
weren't particularly wild
so your so called peers
pegged you as 'different'

Trying to instill fear
as some daily regiment
proclaimed your behavior 'queer'
slandered your beautiful name
retreated inside, hoping to disappear

I can sadly feel your angry pain
one of millions
who hopelessly felt the same
But you took it one step further
not seeing a light
at the end of some tunnel

Not realizing
these ugly jackals
were reaching a primordial peak
while you hadn't been allowed
to fully shine,
but life has no button to rewind

So this is a testament
let the world bear witness
those miscreants
can not harm you now

mathiasthom
written 9/16/10

rest in peace,
Billy Lucas