Did You Want to See Me Broken? — An Inspirational Poem

Did you want to see me broken,

My heart turned to a pile of dust?

Did you want to watch me suffer,

As I slowly turn to rust?

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Did you want to see me crying,

My eyes wet with tears of pain?

Did you want to see me beaten,

My heart weighed down by your chains?

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Did you want me to be weak,

To give up the fight?

And surrender to the darkness,

Letting it consume my light?

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Did you want to see me broken,

My heart ripped apart by your hands?

Did you want me to be despondent,

With no one to understand?

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Did you want to see me shattered,

My heart cracked in two?

Did you want to revel in my pain,

And see me looking blue?

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Did you want me to be silenced,

My voice to never be heard?

Did you want me to surrender,

My dreams and hopes to be blurred?

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Did you want to see me cowering,

Cringing in my bed?

Did you come to laugh at my distress,

To see my cries of sorrow and dread?

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Did you want to see me broken,

A shell of what I used to be?

Did you want to keep me hidden,

A picture of what once was me?

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Did you want me to be helpless,

My will to you to be enslaved?

Did you want me to be nothing,

My worth to you to be depraved?

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Did you want me to crumble,

To give up and give in?

And let the world around me,

Forget that I had ever been?

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But my strength is far greater,

Than you would ever know.

My soul will never be broken,

No matter how hard you blow.

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You thought you’d break me,

But here I remain,

Stronger than ever,

Your plans were all in vain.

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I stand here victorious,

Amidst the chaos of war.

My soul will not break,

No matter what you had in store.

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You thought you could break me,

But you were wrong.

For I am a warrior,

And my spirit is too strong.

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by Naya Lizardo