I now am more than the person you left behind in your chaotic wake. The wounds you branded me with are now nothing more than scars of a forgotten war.
War.
War is an algorithm some have yet to figure out for you were the one who stood victorious yet I am the one who can stand tall, to say I survived. You threw your arsenal of venomous words and fists of hatred my way but....
I survived.
I crawled out the other side of the battle ground bloody and bruised and yet still beautiful, for I am beautiful.
You saw me as nothing more than a punching bag to splatter your emotions against only to patch up later with words you'd stolen all meaning from.
Yet
Here I stand, strong and proud, for I survived and I now am more than the person you left behind

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Poesíapoetry from the depths of my mind on every matter of my tiny existence THESE ARE ALL MY ORIGINAL WORKS