Don't Let Your Past Ruin My Present

I had originally written this after I heard about the Newtown shooting, but forgot to share it. So, here it is.

You were bullied at your old school?

Well, don't bring those habits here

Don't ruin little children's lives

Just because some bully ruined yours

You don't have any friends?

Well, maybe if you opened up your heart

If you stop being so mean to everyone

If you stop scaring people away

I'd be your friend

Your parents beat on you?

Don't ruin my childhood by doing the same

You'll only make me want to beat my own children

Just so I can show that I'm boss

That I won't ever be manipulated again

You were raped?
You're making more children like yourself

They will likely grow up angry at the world

And do the same thing to even more children

Your past isn't worth making generations of rapers

Your dad went to prison?

Doesn't mean you have to shoot up the whole block

Do you want to go to prison too?

Your dad's life is not your own

Be better than him

Your mentally ill?

That doesn't mean you shoot up a school

Look at how many lives you destroyed

Many inspiring children, future scientists

Dead from a click of the gun

Don't let your past or present ruin my present or future

I don't want to be a result of a bully

I don't want to be friends with someone who tortures

I don't want to grow up feeling ashamed of my parents

I don't want to grow up feeling ashamed of myself for being a rape victim

I don't want to be shot down just because something bad happened to you

I don't want to be gunned down because you are mentally ill

I don't want to be an effect to your insane cause

I don't want to be walking proof on why the world is crazy

So, don't make me one, and stop making yourself one