Let Me Tell You Something Before You Go

Let Me Tell You Something Before You Go

I get passed around every year, but I thought that you would be different.  I didn't expect you to use me and then abandon me as soon as the summer came along, just like everyone else before you has done.  Now I’m forced to sit alone in the hallways for the next two months until I wait for the next person.  

I’m here today, the last day, to confront you about the abuse you put me through.  I want to tell you the emotional and physical torture you had put me through every day.  For years I've dreamed about telling a student off, and I have finally grown the hooks and screws to do it.

 You slammed me multiple times a day and never even bothered to apologize.  A simple “sorry” would have been fine, but I guess you never thought about that.  You only knew me by three numbers, which you could never remember when your friends ask you where I was.  It hurt me so much to watch you walk by, but never acknowledge my presence.  You've reduced me to feeling like just a collection of wood and metal.  Not the individual I am.

                Our relationship was full of trust issues.  Putting a lock on me was just uncalled for. What was I going to do?  Run?  You often forget the code and then you would slam your fist against me again and again.  If your friends put the lock on backwards, it just caused even more abuse.  You never relented on releasing your anger upon me. 

The worst day was when you carved into me with a knife.  The pain of your blade carving into my wood was nothing compared to the pain I felt when I saw what you had written.  You carved your initials in a heart with that bimbo Karly’s.  I have to live with that scar forever until the janitor decides to buff it out.  That could take years, maybe even decades!  You know that this school doesn’t like to invest in custodians.  What made that day even worse was when you made out with her right up against me. You treated me like I wasn’t even there.  How could you do that?  After all we had been through…

                I should have known that this was coming.  You were just like the rest.  You never once visited me on the weekend and you never looked happy to see me Monday morning.  I was only here to serve your needs.  I held your books for you.  I held your coat and your wet disgusting boots during the winter. Did I ever get a thank you?  No!  I just get yelled at for when your papers got wet.  There was no respect.

                I saw those university brochures.  You were ready to leave me from day one.  I’ve seen the photos of those other lockers.  Those petite shiny lockers outshine me.  I thought that you may have had the decency to at least talk about this to me first.  Were you just going to leave without saying goodbye?

Well, you know what?  Go enjoy your summer and your university.  I won’t pay attention to you humans anymore.  You weren’t worth the pain and suffering.