Treacherous Self

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The one person I could count on, now my greatest enemy
I have never felt more betrayed
How could you do such a thing to me
How could you turn against me in the strongest possible sense
You cut me straight to the core in a way no one else can

You force me to change in ways unnatural to me
Making me into that which I passionately despise
Turning the world topsy-turvy making me against myself
My own being a weapon against me, leaving me internally destroyed

When will your torture of a broken soul end
Forcing my essence to split in two
One part to be ignored
Another to exist in blind living

For your crimes against me, I declare war on you,
May the best man live

By: Emily Rudgers

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Treacherous Self

Like all poems, it is full of meaning for the author that can be different for the reader.

    Stanman
May Your Light Forever Shine
    Stanman
May Your Light Forever Shine

From one who has endured a self-inflicted dichotomy?

Andrea Lena's picture

...I felt so badly for you, knowing what a struggle a self-imposed exile can become. If I've misunderstood your verse I apologize. That's at least what how it appealed to me. Very powerful. Thank you.


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Andrea Lena

  

To be alive is to be vulnerable. Madeleine L'Engle
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