Bullies in Plain Sight - (poetry)
I'll never understand your plight
I’ll never understand
your cruel demands
It doesn’t only happen on the bus
it happens right in front of us
You hurl insults
when you don’t get results
I watch with disgrace
I want to wipe that smirk off your face
but I am far away
I will never understand why you behave that way
You make others feel small
and inside, my heart falls
The gut punch I feel
doesn’t have to do with the deal
It has to do with respect
but you could only interject
and continue to condescend
someone who was a friend
Outstanding.
Most of my childhood I was the leader of the gang, but one that looked out for others, not bullied them.
But one teenage year in a new school, out of the blue, I was bullied by this one kid. The next year in another new school I was popular again. So that one bullying year was in isolation, an oddity.
But I know what it feels like, and the anger it lodged in me.