Head down
No eye contact
Don't say a word
Walk past quick
Don't look back
Plug your ears
Close your mouth
Shut your eyes
Don’t cry, not now
They see me as an object
Me? An actual,living, breathing, human being?
Forget about it
I am nothing
The more they treat me this way
The more I believe it

Head up
Stare at that girl
Whisper to my friend
Follow her
Will she dare turn around?
I know she can hear me
She won’t say anything though
I see her, she can’t close her eyes for long
Is that a tear I see?
She’s an object
Not a person
No one cares for her
She is nothing
The more I treat her this way
The more she believes it

Can’t she see?
I will tear her down
I will be the girl
To make her cry
to start rumors
Cause people to whisper in the hallway
Trip her
Push her
Shove her
Why not?
That’s what they did to me.
So that’s what I will do to her.
Why?
Because I crave power
Because I did not have it
When I was bullied
It is a good choice

But is it the best choice?

No…
But she’ll get over it

But this happened to you, yes?

Yes-

Then are you the person whom you feared?

But, I'm not as bad

Do you use your words to hurt her?
Do you push her, shove her, trip her?
Do you purposefully make her feel like nothing?
Is your goal to tear her down?

Yes…

Then you are whom you feared all those years ago

A bully, I am a bully.