Peace Offering to a Bully

The vicious words which pass your lips,
Are like venom from a snake,
It hits me like a ton of bricks,
Tears fall and then I shake.

The violence you have done to me,
Reminds me of a cat,
It’s nice until it see’s its prey,
A mouse or giant rat.

Your cruelty and bullying,
Seemed random and obscene,
What’s the point in wasting life,
Being stupid, being mean.

I sit alone and think a lot,
About why you’d chosen me,
But the answer that I seem to get,
Is I’m everything you want to be.

Deep down I know you’re hurting,
Feeling broken and abused,
But the answer to that problem,
Is never to make someone else feel misused.

It’s not to late to change your ways,
Just take my outstretched hand,
I offer friendship, peace and ears,
And a side by which to stand.