cookin up tension

Is it really necessary for you to shoot me down?
Do I even know you?
No. I don't know you. And you don't know me.
Not at all.

So, who are you that you can bad-mouth me?
trash-talk me?
you're the piece of trash that has wandered into the nice part of town.
That puts itself in sheeps clothing but then claws out and tears up the innocent sheep.

I don't care what you think.
I look into your judgemental eyes.
You scoff, and I don't care what you think.

put on your fangs and your blood-matted coat
go back to your dumpster

It'll be shoved down your throat

I have had it up to here with rude, inconsiderate people
My own generation in particular is so corrupt and disrespectful
that I am ashamed to be apart of it.

I've felt this way for a long time,
but last night I saw something that
really sent it over the top

I went to Disneyland with two of my good friends
The night was going better than expected,
short lines, fun rides, good food
But then, as we were getting ready to leave
we decided to go on one last ride: the matterhorn.

We landed in line right behind a very loud group of girls
By our immediate observations they were all pretty and all obnoxious
Also, judging on how they were acting, they were all freshmen
They had their cameras out and kept snapping pictures of eachother
which was already annoying since the flash was so bright in the dark
They were all holding those light up plastic swords and wearing pink tiaras
Also, they couldn't finish a sentence without saying, "Daaaayyyyum."

Now, if these girls want to act this way and have fun within themselves
I really have no objection to that, but then they took it to a new level
As people walked past the line, the girls would poke them with their swords or stick there cameras in their face and snap pictures of them,
giving these strangers temporary blindness

Then, there was a person sitting
on a bench
all by themselves
with a hood pulled over their head
minding their own business

We were behind this person, so I couldn't tell their age
maybe old, maybe young
But the point is, they were minding their own business
Maybe they were having a terrible night
and had just been crying on that bench
Maybe they were going through something really difficult

You never know...

Well, these girls thought it might be funny
to reach across with their light up swords
and poke this person in the back of their head
multiple times

It took every drop of self control in my entire body
to keep myself from doing or saying something
to these girls that I will regret

Things like that, just make me realize
how little some people care for others

How little regard we have for others feelings
and situations
and how little empathy we have

So, I said a silent prayer for that person that had been the object of these girls selfish good time and I hope that one day
those girls learn a lesson about life and people in it

Don't be one of those people.