When You Feel Nothing At The End

they come to hurt you
and you allow pain to
penetrate you

you grieve for a while
to your helplessness
blame yourself
blame the world

they come to hurt you
again and again
and pain at last has
no more meaning

you take your revenge
you show them your numbness
you expose your palm
you show them your body
so they may hurt you some more

someday they will find you
with your new skin your new frame of mind

unshattered
unbeaten
unbowing
then they will ask you your name
and then they will know how you managed to smile

and live like nothing happened
you have redeemed what they have destroyed

you win.

poem by Ric S. Bastasa
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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