tabPeople make me sick, and society is failing. You ask me how I know these things and why I can say that out loud? Well, I am watching it happen, I am living the "American Dream" alright, I am living in a hell hole where abuse is normal and life is something that can be taken and created whenever one feels like it is acceptable. If I was to say that I didn't know why I feel like this tonight, I would be lying. So let me explain, for it all started only a few hours ago...
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tabI walked into the kitchen with the intention of getting food. Outside was my friend, my drummer, my witness to the situation that I did not know was going to unfold in front of me. We had already eaten dinner, but I was coming back for seconds because I decided I was still hungry. I placed the corn, potatoes, and gravy in one container and smile as I smashed it all together. It was how I liked to eat the left-overs normally, and tonight was no different. I took a few bites and began to head out of the kitchen, when I knew it was going to be a different night than I expected.
tabI almost got to the hallway when I heard my uncle, who's age was nearing fifty, telling my little nine year old brother to give him the remote. It started out nice, a coaxing to show him a different show but as my brother rejected the offer he became to get aggravated and his voice dropped into a low snarl. Again the small blonde haired boy refused to hand over the remote, and that's when the grown man screamed at him, demanding he hand the remote over. It was an ugly sound and i continued walking, I knew it wasn't my time to come into the situation, that would be later, I needed support first. My grandfather stood up thought and confronted him, and in minutes, it was screaming curses and accusations. I'll leave the right and wrong for you guys to decide, but as I walked back out and stepped directly between them, it had escalated to a point where a fight was about to break out.
tabThe potato and corn mash was still in my hands, a way to tell if I was hit, and i spoke easily and calmly. I told him to stop and take control of this situation, and of course the uncle had told me to ******** off and get the ******** out of his. They tried to hold me back, but I had done it before. There was no way he would hit me, and if he tried, I had five years of intense martial arts training that would easily defeat this man. When he told me to get out of his face, I told him that I wouldn't and he had gotten in my face, and here is when I made my point that he was outnumbered. I told him that he walked over to me and began to scream at me and my grandfather, and that I had everyone in the room that would back up my decision, even if it was false. This caught him off guard and he looked around, for he knew he had lost, and as he was cursing and leaving the room, my grandfather swore to get him out of the house by tomorrow. I didn't, and still don't believe him, because many other situations have happened like this and he remains in the house, even though we have sworn many times to remove him.
tabThis is why people make me sick. When someone feels that he has the power to scream at a nine year old child to give him the ******** remote, and when that fifty year old man can scream and curse because he knows that he is doing the right thing because the nine year old was being a p***k for not letting him have the remote. When the uncle believes we are dysfunctional because we don't listen to him and he is correct because he knows best. It makes me want to vomit when this happens enough for his eight year old son to be alright with everything and agree with everything he is saying, because that is his dad and his dad is never wrong. Society is failing and I know because I live in a household where this happens almost weekly and we have just decided to accept it instead of doing something about the situation, just to make the one who causes the abuse feel better and not live out on the street. Around the world, this is happening everywhere. I have a girlfriend who lives in a house where this situation happens on a smaller level, but had recently been elevating into not only verbal, but emotional and physical abuse. I had an ex girlfriend who was raped by her father and people accepted, they ******** put her down because she was making a big deal out of things. It was only five years later when the dad was arrested and by then my ex had become schizophrenic and suicidal because of the abuse she was going through.
tabTo tell you the truth, I am happy that things like this happen to people like me, because I can do this and tell you guys to watch out. To never let this happen to you or your friends. To always care and always love. People are special and lives shouldn't be taken for granted. Remember that there is always someone who loves you and never give up hope.
