I could not display indifference to others;
I was either angry or kind.
I lifted people up
Or tore them down
But I never simply tripped them
And let them fall by themselves.
I feared they would retaliate
If I did not leave a strong impression.
Author's Notes/Comments:
Inspired by: "Men ought either to be well treated or crushed, because they can avenge themselves of lighter injuries, of more serious ones they cannot; therefore the injury that is to be done to a man ought to be of such a kind that one does not stand in fear of revenge.”