like dark waters inside you rise
lapping at the edges of me
slowly eroding my soul
the damage is subtle, not visible at all
until i looked back in time
and saw how much of me was gone
broken away by the continuous ebb and flow of your inky destructive blackness

You will not break me
I will always get up
I know who is for me
So while you knock me down
I will get up
It may take some time
But I will brush off the remnants of your fiery attacks
I will bandage the stinging wounds
And I will give the empty aching bruises time to heal
I will look you in the eye and smile with blood covering my teeth
For I am a warrior, protected by the mightiest of powers
And you will not break me

I am great
I am fine
I will be fine
Maybe not today
Definitely tomorrow
Tomorrow came too soon
I am not ready to be fine
Maybe tomorrow
For today
I just am

Scars inside my prison heart
Scratch marks from within
Every surface scratched to shreds
**** near ripped apart

Scars outside my fleshy cage
Hidden well from view
From all the times he did come out
And take out all his pent-up rage

it's in the quiet alone time when i have only me that i realise i have only me
sometimes i am enough but mostly i fear i am not