Monday, 30 March 2015

why do i bully you

why do I bully you 
because I'm tired of being an outcast not fitting in
but fitting so perfectly purposely
could hear the fear in the eyes of hundreds of kids
young boy, a classic character in every high school sitcom I am bowser
 billion other kids gone wrong
every school has their bullies
and if the shoe fits have it tied on to your foot
you mistook me for a bully
 but these lockers were begging to get shoved into
 why because administrators cant hear the plead for help
underneath that crack of every punch I throw
 I Smack you down cause we both know i'm to afraid to ask you to carry some of
the burden that is put at me at home
 so I force it upon you
conducting the same anger that is beaten into me and unfortunately
it dosent work that way
 why because I am tired of seeing through the eyes of the powerless
 Sir, your child struck another child see,
 monkey see, monkey do then monkey suffer the consequences of his father actions then papa monkey is in jail
Papa left nothing behind but a pale young child
failing to find and color in his skin besides black and blue
 why
because I am cursed with these heritable anger management issues forced to constantly
see myself as
 both sides of the monsters
man towering over the helpless
helpless child but it helps inside to know I'm not the only one
 getting welts and black eyes why
 because I'm trapped inside this label lettuce wraps around my body
like chains
back my motions
 and brattling my brain just trying to explain
 that I'm required to abstain from trying to be
 anything but a bully




1 comment:

  1. I really like your poem Mustapha; I could feel the pain of the bully .

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