A Bully’s Lament

I am bully.
Hear me roar.
I will break you down and hurt you like never before.

My pushes leave you broken.
My hits leave you hopeless.
My words are capable of worse.

But the secret is,
I was bullied once, too,
and I've taken the anger of my past out on you.

While I seem evil and wicked,
truthfully,
this is what jealousy and resentment have left of me.

I scar your life
to help heal scars of my own
your pain is my cure.

I am not impossible to defeat.
with tolerance and respect,
I can be stopped.

While you may despise me,
My self-hatred is runs far deeper.

Don’t let me treat others
the way I have treated you
because in the end
we are both left bruised.