How ironic
That you don’t like it
When I stand up for myself:
You’re the one
Whose weapon words
Gave me real-time training
In the art of self defence.
Had I not learned
To deflect your contempt
And resist your hateful words,
I would not be here today.
You prompted my resistance,
Inspired my defiance,
And forced my indifference
To anything else you have to say.
So thank you, I think,
For helping me become someone others like
Infinitely more than you do.
ⓒ2020 Joanne Van Leerdam
Thank You… I Think
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