I refuse to play victim
only to have its disposition
perpetuate the ill affect
laced with the toxic
despicability of the acts
forced upon me ~
I choose to do this
regardless ~ of its
perceived atrocity
and my lack of any choice
or power to hinder
such a heartless
orchestration of malice
yes ~ I have chosen
as I grew into adulthood
while battling with the trials
from inhibition to spit
rather ~ self-determinedly
and self-defiantly into
the self-destructive eye
of victim-hood ~ so doing
with the hope and prayer
to cast forever it useless
as well as unproductive
demeanor into that faceless
vat ~ habitually
overflowing
with the unrecyclable
waste ~
product of the victimizer
unlike my siblings ~
who have chosen to swim
within the cesspool of victim
I have through much struggle
walked beyond the shadow
of its impediment
unshackled ~ liberated
humanly as possible ~ living
a full life the best I can
peace out
Words by ~Keith Alan Hamilton~