The Pain You Deliver Is Now My Strength

Fragmented parts of the person I once was return to me The dark clouds that once followed me day and night depart from me I am enchanted by the very thought of freedom Liberty from the woes that once imprisoned me Breaking free from the pain I allowed you to inflict Yes, I allowed Can man do to me that which I do not consent? But ah, alas the strength of my mind My will to attain happiness To survive and look destruction in the eye and say not so You shall not destroy me! I have risen to fight To take back what is my own Empowerment besieges me I will be victorious in all that is set before me I was on a quest when you slithered in It was not you that I meant to find Though pained by our meeting I still dare say My journey was triumphant I found what I did not know that I seek Strength immeasurable Infinite power from within Bitterness I cannot harbor Only love and peace in knowing you have found joy Read more: http://hellopoetry.com/poem/-25/#ixzz0taI72tvy