The Coward's Fight

Hostility is the quickest way to getting respect. Correct?

   Please, 
            do come match wits with a genius. 
     Surely you've seen this
  outcome precipitating forth
                  through the chaos of life's uncertainties.

    And so,
            the vitriol you throw
      can be surmised as follows:

     'If I can make you hurt
     with this small spurt

     of hateful words
                      then I can elevate myself.

    Your pain gives me power, 
         in the form of a hit to
     my dopaminergic reward system.

      And so, 
          instead of climbing these hierarchies
      through sheer competence,
                   I will instead push you further to the floor.

     For I crave more. 
           It's never enough.
               Grant me an illusory position I deem fit to be
     more than enough to satisfy 
my every want and need.

Author's Note

Wrote this at the beach the other day, lemme know what you think!