2.Rise Above Them All...
Zimba had always known that they all talked behind his back. It used to hurt initially-the name calling, the whispering , the accusations but as the days passed, none of it mattered. However, now when he heard them, faking a sob, saying how sorry they felt for not having had enough time with him,how they talked about how great he was ,he believed none of it .But he was too tired to protest, to stand up and tell the world what they had really done to him. And then he realized that he felt exactly how he had felt his entire life-helpless.He had never responded to whatever they did because his mother had told him that he should never stoop to their level, that he should rise above them.'Not anymore.They will get what they deserve-a death more painful than mine...' he thought as he rose from his grave.
~sushi
