What will it take

What will it take

For me to move forward?

To cast off these chains I allowed you to use

To bind my feet?

What will it take for me to do the work

Of reclaiming my power?

Of letting go of being paralyzed by the fear

That somehow you can destroy

What is best in me?

When you devalued me

That is what you did

When I opened up my vulnerability to you

You used it as a weapon

Against me

I see it now

Because you can only ever see yourself

As the strong one

(because to you vulnerability is weakness)

As the right one

As the powerful one

But the power you wield

Does not come from love

I see that now

You do not love me

You never did

Because you are just profoundly incapable

Of ever really seeing

Any one else