Fierceness

when you weaponized
my vulnerabilities
I saw right through it

a dragon was born
amidst the dark underworld
fierce and protective

please kid yourself not
that message was not loving
it was downright cruel

I await you to
take responsibility
for your behavior

when all else is gone
it is you in the mirror
as it always was

she will not be tamed
in a patriarchal mold
to receive false love