I saw potential
in you –
so many options
opportunities
possibilities to pursue
merely because
you
were you.
But when your tormenter
d
e
s
c
e
n
d
e
d
you lost the you
in you.
Oppressed
overpowered
anguished
by how you were treated,
you p u s h e d back
you strained
you tried,
but in vain
you were defeated.
The cruelty
devoured
your essence
spirit
strength
as you grew
w
e
a
k
e
r
in your angst.
Your future
became bleaker
as I watched you wither –
w
i
l
t
i
n
g
waning
winded.
All the wishes
you once held
were squelched
crushed
quelled.
You fought
with what little
you had to give,
but it would never
be enough
to live.
