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Originally Posted by Unbrokensoulgeron
Why would I be a bad influence?
I would have been mad
That he thought I was dumb
Enough to be easily led in the first place.
I told you that were NOT
Missing out on anything
Like parties or drinking.
That you would
Make new friends
Because you were
Effortlessly funny and out going.
You were talented
And I said that you
Exactly what they were
Looking for. And look
How far we had come
Especially you, and
You just ate what you
Wanted when you wanted.
I wasn't being critical.
You obviously ate
To match your energy out-put.
But I was saying how much better
You could be if you changed
The finer details like diet
And a bit of endurance running.
I said that eyelashes
Was also miles better than me
And when we sparred.
You were a pair
Of power houses.
Our coach said that
The word on the street
Was that all three of us
Could still have been something
Even if sport didn't work out.
We had our heads
Screwed on right.
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It was not necessary
To get the rugby player
To do a bear hug.
Or to a make a fool
Of me when I said
Hello stranger to bear paw
And go off on a tirade
Saying he had a
Family and a FULL time job.
It was just me acknowledging
I hadn't seen him in ages!
My father used to sit
And tell me that
Women are not built
To do what men can do.
I knew my limitations.
And I didn't give a hoot
That I would never
Be a marine or go in a submarine.
I don't even like camping.
I like my home comforts.
I like to paint my nails.
I like to follow fashion.
I can walk in heels.
I don't want muscles.
I cry at films.
I just made a flippant joke.
Because I all ready
Knew from the red man
Exercise where we had
To lay flat and to
Have a dead weight
On top would take sheer
Brute strength to escape from.
I was just tying to lighten
A dark subject.
And you made me feel
Like someone is absolutely helpless
If they ever came across
A man who was
Big in stature.
In martial arts
We are trained to aim
For weak points
To defend ourselves .
And you basically said
That I was a muppet
Living in fairy land.
With the right training
I think if the right place
Is struck there is a chance.
Anyone can be caught off guard.
If it was a date rape attempt
There are objects
In the home.
You teach martial arts
But you turn around
And say there is no chance?
Well of course this man
Was double my size,
Any man or woman
Would have struggled.
If I stuck a key or knife
Into my attackers thigh or neck
When he comes from behind
There is a chance.
What use is martial arts
When someone has a weapon
If you want true reality.
And often men who
Commit rape crimes
Are often on illegal substances
And can turn into
Rabbid animals and
The random victim is done for.
Many sexual crimes are
Planned and the perpetrator
Has been Stalking their chosen victim.
Waiting for their moment.
And most of the time
It is someone we know.
And if it is more than
One man, well your
Only chance is to
Run and scream,
If you do not freeze
Tonic immobility