Victory

i was imprisoned by me

chained and wounded by my self

tortured at my own hands

dehumanizing my humanity

through the cruelty of my own being

i was the devisor and device

self-scourging my psyche

and just i was the jailer

i had to become the emancipator

to be free i had to release me from me

to stop being my own worst enemy

i had to become liberator

for no one else could take on the task

i was the key to my lock

as i had been the lock to my agony