Interview with a Bully

Interviewer:

"You're eyes are talking to me

I hear what they are saying

I'll back away - leave you alone

I want no trouble with you

I'll bet you had a bad upbringing

Did a Father figure hurt you?"

Bully:

"I'll speak my mind - tell you the truth

I couldn't really stand my Dad

He would always strike my Mother

One day I got too big for him

I shoved his head into the wall

First-born or not, he drove me to it"

(My brother took it on the chin a lot as my oldest brother. He was always being slammed into the wall. My brother was told he must patch the wall because it was his head that broke it.)

Comments: 33

Janet "Jax" B. Oct 18, 2010, 9:02pm UTC

It's scary Don...

Don Ford Oct 19, 2010, 12:01pm UTC

It's is scary that this is still going on in the lives of others. We would probably not want to know how often this occurs. Cheers, Don

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J C. Oct 18, 2010, 9:10pm UTC

thats sad...

Don Ford Oct 19, 2010, 11:59am UTC

It was at the time, but is no longer this way, thank God!

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Gloria C. Oct 18, 2010, 9:36pm UTC

powerful poem

Don Ford Oct 18, 2010, 10:41pm UTC

A true one at that. Cheers, Don

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Mary McKinney Oct 18, 2010, 9:46pm UTC

How very true and powerful, men who do this to their children often raise children who are bullies.

Don Ford Oct 18, 2010, 10:39pm UTC

My brother ended up in the Midnight Brotherhood (Motorcycle gang) And yes, he beat on his girlfriends. They also returned for more of the same. I was the 2nd oldest and my mom favored and protected me from my dad. I wasn't as abused. I am far from an abuser myself.

Mary McKinney Oct 18, 2010, 11:21pm UTC

I'm glad to hear it! I'm sorry about your brother. Maybe he will grow up one day and see the error in his ways.

Don Ford Oct 19, 2010, 9:36am UTC

My Dad is no longer with us, and my older brother has gotten over it all and lives a good life with a wife and three daughters. He started to abuse his wife, but stopped completely after a while. The damage to his head I believe caused him to go off on others, but he is fine now. Cheers, Don

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Sandy Moore Oct 18, 2010, 10:03pm UTC

Enough was enogh but now look what remains

Don Ford Oct 19, 2010, 9:35am UTC

Sandy Moore Oct 21, 2010, 3:55pm UTC

That is good to hear. People can and d change.

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Bernard C. Oct 19, 2010, 8:57am UTC

One word missing in the speak is - respect

Don Ford Oct 19, 2010, 9:35am UTC

Thanks for the comment. Cheers, Don

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Susan G. Oct 19, 2010, 9:43am UTC

my husband still has scars, physical and mental, from his father

Don Ford Oct 19, 2010, 10:32am UTC

You wonder what caused the ball to roll in the first place. Who created the first bully and others and their offspring followed. Cheers, Don

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Katie R. Oct 19, 2010, 9:45am UTC

Don Ford Oct 19, 2010, 10:33am UTC

Sad yes, but no longer a problem today. Cheers, Don

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Barbara G. Oct 19, 2010, 6:44pm UTC

Sadly this goes on much more than people are aware of. Everyone presents a nice picture of themselves.........we don't know what goes on behind closed doors!

Don Ford Oct 19, 2010, 9:12pm UTC

So, so true. Cheers, Don

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Otelia S. Oct 19, 2010, 6:45pm UTC

The sad truth! Thanks for sharing.

Don Ford Oct 19, 2010, 9:13pm UTC

In this case all is well that has ended well. Cheers, Don

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Paula Slade Oct 19, 2010, 8:54pm UTC

Oh, how sad Don. I am so sorry.

Don Ford Oct 19, 2010, 9:16pm UTC

The whole thing had come to an end. I'm sorry it happened in the first place. Cheers, Don

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little pixie Oct 20, 2010, 9:16pm UTC

i know someone like that, but he is a very nice and loving person to me and his friends. he simply hates his father for hurting his mom. he said he would never allow a guy to hit a girl.