Antwone Fisher

"Who will cry for the little boy, lost and all alone?

Who will cry for the little boy, abandoned without his own?

Who will cry for the little boy? He cried himself to sleep.

Who will cry for the little boy? He never had for keeps.

Who will cry for the little boy? He walked the burning sand.

Who will cry for the little boy? The boy inside the man.

Who will cry for the little boy? Who knows well hurt and pain.

Who will cry for the little boy? He died and died again.

Who will cry for the little boy? A good boy he tried to be.

Who will cry for the little boy, who cries inside of me?"

- Antwone Fisher

This is a story about pain and suffering. A story about a man who started the journey in his life alone and having nobody to stand by him. No shoulder to cry on and no place to call home. All he has was a guardian who always beats him up and tells him that “He’s ain't nothing. He ain't never gonna' be nothing, 'cause he come from nothing". The only friend he has died in an attempt robbery and he joined the navy because he thinks that it will be better for him.

Knowing it or not those words becomes fuel that gave him strength and the courage to persevere. With those words he learned to tell himself to do the impossible and comfort himself. But the most noticeable attribute was the self defense mechanism, which he has built around himself along the way. He was a self-explosive hot-tempered person.

Before any person can hurt him he will hurt the other person. Before any person left him, he will leave that person. That was the way he carries on with his life. We all have our own defense mechanism. Whether we realized it or not, it is just a matter of grasping the facts and putting it into place.

What is your defense mechanism that you have in you?