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why me ......
why couldn't they just leave love to be
the answers searched for but never found
stains on the concrete floors reminiscent of all 
the tears that had been shed 
each time I tried to show them how to see
the world the way she taught me
They laughed and forced me to my knees
saying there were consequences to be paid

with a body scarred from a constant fight for survival 
I'm no longer the easy target that was so casually
used then cast aside
hiding in the shadows far from light 
I retreat further into the darkness.

bound by chain's forged in the fires 
of my own personnel hell 
in a prison that I've built by hand
stone by stone 
one cell at a time 
my soul tortured by the demons in my mind
that guards the only door

In this world of isolation I'm alone an gaining 
strength from all the hatred that was shown
I have become what they feared an hated most
a man totally free with nothing to lose
an the lesson about to be taught 
is never push a man down till he's got nowhere
to go but up 
for one day he’ll find the strength within to discover 
who the person inside truly is

And Today I Rise

~ D Donner  ~