Break Yourself

By breaking my will,
my determination,
my strength,
and my self,
what would you get?

a broken me,
that's me as yet not me,
would you recognize me,
still want to use me,
and want me to be around.

You may then want to throw me,
in a garbage bin across the road,
shut it tight so that I never return for a fight,
would you not miss me,
even if you now wish to kill me.

think again,
when breaking me,
how much will you be hurt,
it is said and known,
while whipping you often break the whip,
and inside with each hit,
will you not break yourself.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2006

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