Tuesday, June 8, 2010

JUST DESSERTS (OR ”WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND”)


By 1creativelady

I COMPOSED THIS VERSE IN RESPONSE TO SOME OF THE ARTICLES THAT WERE POSTED ON A GROUP SITE ON ONE OF THE OTHER SITES I AM A MEMBER OF. IT IS A GROUP AGAINST BULLIES. THIS VERSE IS A REMINDER TO THE BULLIES OUT THERE THAT YOU SHOULD ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT NO MATTER HOW BIG, TOUGH AND CRUEL YOU THINK YOU ARE, THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEONE BIGGER, TOUGHER AND CRUELER THAT COULD BE LURKING JUST AROUND THE CORNER JUST WAITING TO MAKE YOU A VICTIM. JUST A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR YOU TO THINK ABOUT.

JUST DESSERTS
WHILE ALL AROUND HIM THE UNCARING WORLD SLEEPS
HE LIES CURLED IN A TINY BALL AND SILENTLY WEEPS
HIS HEART IS BREAKING AS THERE HE SADLY LIES
AS TEARS CONTINUE TO FALL FROM HIS LONELY EYES
HE WONDERS HOW LIFE COULD BE SO VERY CRUEL
TO FORCE HIM EACH DAY TO HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL
FOR DEMONS WITH THE FACES OF ANGELS LURK THERE
EACH DAY FILLING HIS HEART WITH PAIN AND DESPAIR
THEIR WORDS AND ACTIONS CUT JUST LIKE A KNIFE
WOUNDING AND DESTROYING HIS FRAGILE LIFE
IN SILENCE HE HAS SUFFERED, NO ONE EVER KNEW
THE HUMILIATION AND PAIN HE DAILY WENT THROUGH
HE HAD SAID NO WORD OF THE SUFFERING HE'D KNOWN
BUT DAY BY DAY THAT PAIN AND DESPAIR HAD GROWN
BOTH HATEFUL WORDS AND ACTIONS CAME BY THE SCORE
UNTIL ONE SAD, DARK DAY, HE COULD TAKE NO MORE
THE CHILDREN HAD BEEN ESPECIALLY CRUEL THAT DAY
CUTTING HIM DOWN WITH THE WORDS THEY DID SAY
THEY HAD MADE HIM FEEL THAT HE HAD HAD NO WORTH
AND BY THAT NIGHT THERE WAS ONE LESS SOUL ON EARTH
YES, HE FELT HE HAD NO WORTH, THAT NO ONE WOULD EVEN CARE
IF HE WAS EVEN ALIVE, THIS WORLD WITH THEM TO SHARE
HE HAD KNOWN WHERE HIS DAD KEPT HIS HUNTING KNIFE
AND THAT NIGHT HE HAD CREPT AWAY, THEN TAKEN HIS LIFE
AND AS FOR THE BULLIES, THEY ALL WENT ON THEIR WAY
TILL THEY CAME UPON SOMEONE MUCH CRUELER THAN THEY
AND NOW THE TABLES HAVE BEEN TURNED COMPLETELY AROUND
AND IT IS NOW THEY THAT PAIN, DESPAIR AND CRUELTY HAS FOUND
AND IT DOES NOT TAKE ANY OF THEM ALL THAT VERY LONG
TO DISCOVER HOW THEIR ACTIONS ALL THE TIME HAD BEEN WRONG
AND WHEN THE CHOICE OF LIFE OR DEATH COMES FOR THEM TO CHOOSE
THEY LEARN WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE IN THEIR FORMER VICTIM'S SHOES.