Turn Your Cheek

You're lying on your bed
With the stereo blasting
Today your best friends left you
No more chances left for asking

You let them down and they don't care
If you're full of guilt or sorrow
All they know is that they'll hate you
For more than just tomorrow

The screams in your face
Keep playing back in your head
This time your words
Should've been left unsaid

For it was the final day
That they would let it slide
You said too much and now you'll see
That they're not on your side

Losing you doesn't seem so bad
And it's all because
You made them mad

You thought they'd be more understanding
But you must've thought wrong
They say you're too commanding

So now you're stuck sitting all alone
No longer as someone
They're proud to have known

You recollect that day
As you're heading home from school
When a stranger confronts you
And calls you a fool

You're slammed to the ground
For no apparent reason
To him it's your pain
That he finds so pleasin'

The rage builds inside of you
As you ready your fist
Not knowing how you'll react
He can tell that you're pissed

After all you've been through
You're so full of anger
Who better to release it on
Than a mere taunting stranger

You could teach him a lesson
And in your eyes he's weak
But instead of taking action
You just turn your cheek

~Anthony Joyce