In the non fictional poem, “ To This Day” by Shane Koyczan, he expresses how bullying did not just affect the boy and the girl temporarily, it affected them permanently. In the poem he states, “ one part because of the pills, ninety-nine parts because of the cruelty.” (Koyczan part 4) It stated that the boy and girl didn’t get better just because of taking pills. The effect that bullying had on the boy and the girl was permanent because of the mental abuse and harassment the bullies put towards the boy and girl. Even though the boy and the girl tried to get better from the embarrassment by taking pills, they will always remember what the bullies did and said to them.
