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kick me when I’m down

i want you to

throw stones at my soft flesh

until you bruise a beating heart

rock me and sway me

make me lose my balance

betray me until i’m left to wonder

if we are all just enemies

i welcome you to feast on my fear

i invite you to enable me to make myself proud

and i warn you

you will be disappointed

i am not an easy target

my passive days are passed

i will fiercely protect myself

and i will gladly argue darkness with light.