PTSD, Mental Health Disorders and You

Who do you think you are?

Do you think you can just take and take from me without giving back?

Am I to just surrender to you as if you are my new God?

Should I just give in each time you return for vengeance?

What makes you the boss of me?

Who died and made you king?

You don’t get to run my life anymore

You don’t get to ruin my world as you think you know it

You don’t get to destroy me from within

I no longer fear your pain

I no longer fear your anger, your rage

I no longer cry each time you evoke a memory

I no longer worship at your throne of pain

I no longer seek vengeance in your name

You have no hold on me

Though we meet from time to time

I shall bear your scars no more

Rather I wear them without trying to hide

You are a badge I have earned in my life

I shall take you to my grave

You will take nothing more from me.