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I Am Not Your Victim

I have failed at much in my life,

I have even failed myself.

What matters most to me though?

Through the hellscape of my life,

I have ALWAYS failed you.

I am NOT your victim.

I am strength, of mind and body.

Consent?

I was too young to know the word,

Too young to understand the act.

I only knew it was wrong from you.

Your actions, your words, told me it was.

I am NOT your victim.

I am whole, and I am my own.

You took from me what was not yours,

Innocence lost, trust broken.

Left empty, a shell of who I was.

Determined to accept your actions,

Determined to protect my sister.

I am NOT your victim.

My imagination was bigger than you.

I chose my path once you were gone.

Determination not to crumble,

My only guide in life.

With that, I set my world afire!

Saving only what I needed from the ashes.

I am NOT your victim.

My mind was working, it was my haven.

I stood victimized by you,

A fact that cannot be denied.

But I saw more value in me,

More worth in myself,

Than you ever thought was there.

I am NOT your victim.

My world was so much bigger than you.

I chose me....

I chose to live in the light.

I chose to not be broken by your deeds.

I chose to be more than what you did.

I chose to be a survivor.

I am NOT your victim.

I forbade that moniker.

Brick by brick, I rebuilt my world.

Gaining strength, wall by wall.

I found a way to forgive your action,

While still condemning it.

Never forgetting it.

I am NOT your victim.

I am the director of my own fate.

I learned to breathe again.

I learned who I was,

And who I used to be.

I reconciled, took stock of myself,

I kept the best parts of me.

I am NOT your victim.

I am who I made myself to be.

I am strength,

I am caution,

I am intellect,

I am imagination,

I am resilience,

I am humor, dark as it may be,

I am fire and brimstone when needed,

I am soft and caring where necessary.

I am who and what I need to be.

I am NOT your victim.

I am pure survivor.

The day I chose to become,

Is the day you became nothing to me.

JLN

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I Am Not Your Victim