Violence. Gloryless, unrepenting violence. How does it feel inside knowing that one day, you could snap? How does it feel inside knowing that it is truly intentional design by God that two hands it so perfectly around a neck? How does it feel that when stopped by your roommate or principal or boss or whoever else, doesn't matter, and dragged to the office or conference room or room, you have an unprecedented opportunity to rid the world of an asshole? How does it feel knowing that all of those years you have spent getting kicked around by assholes, you could've just let your instincts and muscle memory make the weeks headlines? How does it feel knowing that it takes 0.1ms for pain to register in the brain and that it takes 0.25ms for a shotgun slug to travel a foot, that a fall of 25m is enough to painlessly take you out, provided that you don't fall through a roof or land on someone? How does it feel to know that EVERYTHING ENDS? DO YOU KNOW HOW CATHARTIC IT FEELS TO TACKLE YOUR DUMB BITCH MOTHER AFTER SHE HITS YOUR BACK WITH A BROOM ONE TOO MANY TIMES AND GIVE HER A GOOD BRUISE AS A SOUVENIR FOR THAT TIME SHE HURT YOU, AS DEFENSELESS CHILD, SO YOU RAN OUTSIDE TO ESCAPE TO CRY, AND SHE, THE BITCH, PLAYED QUIET, NEARLY INAUDIBLE WHISPERING TO TERRIFY YOU INTO RETURNING INTO HER CLUTCHES? ANOTHER ONE,FOR MEMORY'S SAKE, OF THE TIME IN MIDDLE SCHOOL WHEN SHE WENT THROUGH YOUR STUPID, EDGY EMAILS YOU SENT TO THE GIRL YOU LIKED, AND USED THEM AS BLACKMAIL, THEN WENT THROUGH YOUR STUFF TO STEAL THE DRAWINGS SHE GAVE YOU, ALL TO ATTEMPT TO MAKE ME SEEM LIKE A BAD PERSON BEFORE THE ENTIRE FAMILY AND THREATENED TO TURN OVER MY EMAILS AND THAT GIRL'S TO THE SCHOOL FOR JUDGEMENT? REMEMBER THAT? REMEMBER THAT TIME SOME OLDER SHITHEADS PANTSED YOU AND GOT AWAY? REMEMBER HOW IT FELT? WAS I CURSED FROM BIRTH WITH FLAWLESS MEMORY THAT ONLY RECORDS MY WORST MOMENTS? I WANT TO LOVE, I WANT TO WAKE UP WARM IN SOMEONE'S ARMS! BUT EVERY THING IS JUST A DISGUISE FOR JUST ANOTHER FLASHBACK TO SOME BULLSHIT THAT HAPPENED TO ME. EVEN WATCHING GORE AND SAYING ALL OF THE SLURS UNDER THE SUN ISN'T CATHARTIC TO ME. OTHERS ARE FUCKING AMAZED THAT I AM NEARLY INVULNERABLE TO PAIN CAUSED TO ME DURING A FIGHT, THEY SHOULD KNOW WHAT MADE ME THIS WAY. I JUST WANT TO BE IN SOMEONE'S HANDS, TO BE LOVED WITHOUT A THREAT. I WAS THE ONLY FRESHMAN THE FIRST YEAR OF HS, GOT LUMPED WITH THE OLDER GUYS, NOT EXACTLY THE FRIENDLIEST FOLK, WE HAD VERY CONFLICTING PHILOSOPHIES TOO. DIDN'T HELP THAT THERE WAS THIS RETARDED CRYBABY WHO WOULD REPORT ME FOR DISTURBING SPEECH EVERY TIME I MENTIONED ANYTHING REALISTIC SUCH AS DEATH, HATE, AND THE VIOLENCE OF HUMAN NATURE. I TRIED TO IMPROVE THE DAMN PLACE, TRIED TO MAKE SHIT WORK, INSTALL A DEMOCRATIC CLASS AND HOUSE PRESIDENT SYSTEM INSTEAD OF THEIR “LEADERLESS SYSTEM”. DIDN'T WORK. I WILL NEVER HAVE PEACE WITH MYSELF OR MY PAST, ONLY VIOLENT TENDENCIES. REMINDS ME OF THAT LINE FROM THAT SERBIAN SONG: