You took it all
And ran away
Hoping to leave me
With nothing to fill the day
The strength I held
Was set aside
With hopes you might
Discover
Your own strength inside.
But fear
of becoming more
Halted this quest
You found it easier
To make me less.
To shrink me down
To trophy size
To fit in your world
Built by lies.
A world where
Your words
Are the law.
A world where charity
Can only be done at a ball.
You may laugh
And think you’ve won.
But the war has only now begun.
Though you think my words unsaid, it was you, not I,
Who from battle fled.
