Victory Without Vengeance Poem by Wesley Mincin

Victory without Vengeance

All that I can is hear you taunting,
pointing and laughing as I'm falling.
Knowing my failures are your success,
feeding off solely of my distress.
Feeling your cruelty rush through my veins,
tearing my heart out, leaving me in pain.
Smiling as I then bow in submission
Voicing I'm weaker, through admission
It doesn't stop there, you come at me harder
I have to fight back, becoming a martyr
You pick and you poke, knowing I can't win
You mess with my mind, forcing it to spin
Assuring your ego, that you are better,
you pummel me more, and put me in fetters.
Subordinate to you, you mark me as your slave
I need to escape but cannot be saved
I plan and I wait for you to look off,
into the distance where I take off,
and take on your reign to tear it apart,
for vengeance of you harming my heart.
I stand over you, with the power to take,
however I stop, an action for my sake.
To destroy you is not worth the effort,
despite all your evil and how I hurt.
I know that I'm better because I choose,
to control this power, in which you abuse.
I could easily kill you, but I choose not too,
a trait that differs me from all just like you.
I stand by my morals against corruption,
and pass off your madness of mental disruption.
You see a world for you ravage
This disgusting act that makes you a savage
You beat people down when they cannot protest
A devilish act that you can confess
However, you like it despite all the trauma
All I can point to is to life's karma
I justify my acts as a matter of defense,
against your oppression, your devious pretense.
You don't have to beg, you don't have to cry
I will show you mercy so that you don't die
Remember, I rebelled and answered your call
but I did not laugh as I watched you fall