By RainbowChaser
Date: 2002 Dec 11
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Beaten

Beaten-the word evokes shivers down my spine
how can you say that
how could your family do that to you
you don't beat a child for bad grades

How come you find it so easy to admit to being beaten
beaten doesn't just mean physically
but emotionally as well
you aren't beaten

get up
i won't let you give up
Stand up
I won't let you fall

Tell me that together nothing can stop us
that you aren't going to be beaten anymore
your childhood was horrible
but live adulthood to its fullest

Take a step away
and realize that what happened to you was wrong
was painful
but its the past

you are no longer a victim
you are a person
strong, agile, and determined
don't ever forget that

did you mean it when you told me that you thought you deserved it
you didn't
I know that
I just want to hold you for a million years and never let go

sometimes I feel as if the world has beaten me
that i can't win
but then I feel my heart pounding
and i hold my head up and forge ahead

you can only be beaten if you accept it
you can only lose when you decide that winning isn't everything
let me be your outlet
let me be your friend, your lover, your forever

I won't let you lose
I won't let you cry
and I won't let you falter
but most of all, with me, you'll never be beaten again