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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
1.12.23
I Am Not Your Victim
Nice way to share your thoughts ...