Because We Were Friends

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I knew even

Then you did

Not sit idly by

As a bully

Teased and tormented

A friend

You stood up

When others could

Not stand up

For themselves

Days, and weeks

Months of bullying

Pushing my friend

To the ground

Simply because she was

Different

Because she didn't

Talk above a whisper

Or walk that well,

Simply because they could.

Even at eight, or maybe I was nine

By then

I knew you didn't

Stand idly buy

Watching someone bully

Your friend

Simply because they could.

I was never a fighter

But in that moment

As they pushed my friend

To the ground

I had enough

I felt my fists balling