Coloring Bully by Melissa Swanson

Coloring Bully

by Melissa Swanson

I colored a picture once

In pink and blue, red and gold

But when you saw it you sneered

Pulled it out ofmy hands

And laughed and spit venom

And scribbled on it with a black crayon

You flung it back at my feet

Scoffing

I wept to see it ruined

My tears poured down

Forming a puddle on the ground

The colors bled and the picture became

A wet, grimy, papery mess