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Survivor
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You are not a man,
you are just a child
in a grown man's body
who tricked,
and robbed me
of my dignity.
I felt deprived
of my humanity,
lost grip
on the rope
of my sanity;
redefined myself
using only profanity,
died inside and tried
being born again,
through Christianity—
because I had never met
someone before
with such a severe degree
of barbarity.
I wish you had the capacity
of understanding
how much
you have hurt me,
but that’d require
a basic level of empathy;
when deep down inside
I think we both know—
you are empty.
So,
the next step was
fighting for my life back
relentlessly,
and in the process—
growing up tremendously.
I am the woman
I am today,
because of you
treating me horrendously;
but I can honestly say,
I think I'm turning out
splendidly.
- Ruby