Above All That

What do you think I'm thinking
when you taunt me
or snigger
behind my back
with your brothers

You think you've rattled me
Got under my skin
Messed with my head
In your mind
I walk away
Fuming
Burning within
Defeated

I'm really thinking
Anonymous Coward
If you must
Then speak to my face
And without your hood
to back you up
Ten brothers sharing a brain

You hope I've got
too much self-respect
to let it go

But really I have
too much of it
to dwell on your
idle chatter
and give credence
to your talk
I will not pause
to correct you
to give you
the attention you crave

Irreversible downward spiral
You cannot see
how warped your life is
when warped is all you know

I walk away
not thinking less of myself
but because

I have too much
invested in me
to waste it on you