a letter to my bully

 

Dear bully, I’m sorry that I failed to understand you.

I failed to see, that you were bullied too

and I to you, was a punching bag.

I’m sorry, that I couldn’t understand

that all you wanted to do was release the pain,

that you carried like a burden to your heart.

But you forgot, you punched a hole in your punch bag

so, the sand kept falling until there was nothing inside.

 

Dear bully, I don’t blame you.

I once thought of you as a friend, and then an enemy

but now I see, you were neither.

you were someone who was trying to fit in,

in a place where bully means you’re popular

and a place that suppressed those with depression.

 

Dear bully, I forgive you for all you did to me.

I forgive you for those painful memories,

because I know that you too suffered the same pain.

Dear bully, thank you for opening my eyes,

for making me rethink and reconsider what I thought.

Dear bully, I'm sorry.