So you thought I’d forgotten
the time you said that?
Like I wouldn’t remember
the mark left when I fell flat.

You thought that my memory
would fail to recall
the way your delivery
crushed me once and for all.

As if I was concrete,
not buckling or bending,
staying steady and sweet,
during that chapter ending.

I gathered my strength,
and pulled myself tall.
Keeping at arm’s length
your voice’s evil call.

Now I am better.
Thanks to you, I’m stronger.
Today finds me the abater.
And to you I say, later.

My life was bound to improve
because I endured the plague of you!