Survivor Poem – Love Warrior

 

I am a Love Warrior, I came to fight

Not with guns and knives, but with depth and insight

To look past your pain to your broken form

You thought you could ruin me with violent storms

But through heavy lashings of tears and pain

I stay complete, my mission remains

To shine a light where the darkness is thick

You hide behind and call me sick

I am not a victim – please don’t show me pity

I am a victor with the key to the city

You are the hidden – you the real victim

Of a society that’s too scared to admit that we live in

A world that ignores the real darkness we share

Feeding its strength with secrets and fear

Exposed and laid bare I had to change

Face the truth and rebuild my name

Gluing back pieces together with gold

To produce a resilience that will never get old

My sword is forgiveness, True Love is my shield

Unconditional compassion for all of our ills

I see through your ill and perceptions of me

Can you do the same and help us all be free?

You cannot separate your being from him

He was not born evil, he is not made of sin

He is the perpetually enabled victim

He doesn’t have “Monster” tattooed on his face

But the scars deep inside he cannot erase

The epitome of white privilege – not even aware

The system fails all – no justice lives there

Isolation to punish and keep us all safe

Treated like animals – then released full of rage

Until we treat all broken souls with compassion

We will never understand, never learn our lesson

Stop looking at me like I need to be fixed

And help me to help him admit that he’s sick

Your laws protect him – his skin colour used

Defending the “Quo” and its twisted abuse

Institutional disease passed through generations

Only has strength through belief in separation

But we are all one this is the Truth

And we can only heal through the power of good

We are all One and can never transcend

Until all is forgiven, accepted as pain

The vulnerable sacrificed, The powerful excused

But we are all one and we’re all gonna lose

Unconditional love is all powerful and mighty

Nothing is stronger than truth love and unity

The gifts you gave wrapped in barbed wire and shards

Have transformed into blessings I now wear on my heart

I now walk the street with confident steps,

Fear does not diminish my quest

For freedom to believe we can find a solution

A Love Warrior I remain – 

In this Love Revolution.

By Nancy