She’s beating the
crap out of me
I want to be
retaliatory
But I can’t find a gap
to even try
and hit back
She kicks me in
my side
Everyone there wants to see
me cry
I can hear their
jeering calls
of magnified echoes
charging through halls
This strange metamorphosis
in sound
is my ticket off
the gravelly ground
And I can see myself
lying there
The group of bystanders
shout and cheer
My body, I see
crumpled like
a sack
And I never even got a chance
to throw a punch back
© Kait King, 2015
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Stunning! Powerful words. I felt the pain.
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Thank you so much, Paula. Yeah – not the best ☮️💜🌻
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Wonderfully written and extremely accurate!!
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Thank you so much!🙏😊
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Beautiful
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🙂🙏
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With all humanity’s advances, it’s sad that we haven’t gotten rid of bullying yet…but I guess as long as there is insecurity there will always be a bully 😦
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Or perhaps as long as there are humans….it is so tragic 😦Maybe human’s advancement in humanity, leaves a gap for good ol’ human nature? It’s a very interesting cycle to identify but I think impossible to break!😐
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The song *I get knocked down, but I get up again* comes to mind. I think your poem speaks on many levels of strength. Great writing!
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Yes, that’s life! ☺ thank you very much!
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This just made me feel like she is life and the bystanders are society. Like sometimes life will throw punches, and at times people want to see you fail. But what matters is your response to it all on a deeper personal level.
I really enjoyed reading this.
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That’s awesome 🙂 thank you!
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Violence is still popular because it feels good at the time. Bullying was never my forte but I did enjoy hitting out at those who did it to others. I’m not afraid of pain and never have been, I do hate those who go around in gangs and pick on the lonely and weak which is why I targeted them at school. Bullying continues at work but it’s time for all of us to stand together and demand it ends now.
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Violence shouldn’t be something that feels good – that in itself is abnormal – I think it has so much to do with media and the de-sensitisation of our youth. Our values are skewed, and again retaliating with violence doesn’t really change anything to be honest – and research shows. I know your intention was good but unfortunately gets lost in not changing anything!
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I know what you mean, however, violent behaviour will only increase if left unchecked. The biggest help for evil to thrive is for good people to do nothing. The strongest army on the planet is the Swiss and they’ve never had a war in centuries, catch my drift?
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That may be a little one dimensional – the Swiss also have huge societal structures and great wealth. Also 2 years service is compulsory – therefore, the statistical skew on the size of it’s army! 😉 Swiss don’t interject themselves into others wars either – so not a great comparison to convince me I’m sorry lol 🙂
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It could be due to three factors: (1) lack of empathy with the beaten one; (2) being one with the bully; or (3) both.
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And so many more – a very complex subject but intriguing 🙂
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Oh how nice she is. I think I know her relatives.
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lol 😉
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