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Out You BullyEven worms move the earth
So shift faults,
failures and blame to yourself
Use your hand not to hit but create mirth Hold
pen to paper, and enlighten your demons Keep in mind your
self-righteousness
A dire expression of self-hatred
Transformed into unsocial
rudeness
Propagated in the absence of self-respect Use
your tongue not to demean others, instead
Express the meaning of words, to
relate
So punish your thoughts of hatred And dignify your
place in the world An intrinsic listener, not beating your
drum
But closing the chasm between what you are
And what you truly could
become
A humble partner by the side of your victim No
longer the incarnation of a narcissist
But a confessor of your delusional
sense of superiority
Exposing the guilt from your inner masochist
You reach
higher not lower, to find a desire For courage, hope and
love, then teach
Now a champion of the fine art of empathy
Only then, only
then will you reach
The infinite depths of the human spirit Understanding
becomes who you are
A hefty thinker, hell-bent on feeling what others feel
A
self-control befitting an admired star A confidence of self
and others Rise to this sense of worthiness
And you will
not take
The road to self-destructiveness
But dreams of a future an autonomy
of self It is, oh so superior
To the black hole of bullying
No longer a selfish beast, inhumane and inferior Peace
at last, with yourself and others
Similarity,
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