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A broken life.. a broken spirit...

You win
I concede defeat
Let me off the roller coaster
The ascensions are too thrilling
The descents too devastating

I have been stripped bare
My dignity, my pride
My family, friends
My children taught that it's permissible
To insult and ridicule me

My talents goes unrecognized
Unimportant
I have not proven my worth
Because I have none

I am an equine, broken of spirit
Tamed, saddled, reined
Does this elevate you, to demean me
Mind-beat me into submission?
.
There are no scars
None that anyone can see
Never a physical lashing
Merely emotional havoc

The scars go deeper - and they ache
Oh how they throb
Gifts don't heal the wounds
Baubles don't regenerate the spirit

Just let me off the roller coaster now
Please - my head spins
From the turbulence
My body aches from crying

I will go on as ever
I have nowhere else to go
Nowhere else I want to go
I wanted to be loved
But I am unworthy
You won - I concede defeat