I survived you!!

Aaron Roberson

You tried to bury me

but you weren’t deep enough

You tried to silence me

but my lungs learned thunder

You tried to break me

but I was built out of stubborn stars

 

I walked through fire

with blistered feet

and still carved my name

into the sky

 

I am not your damage.

I am not your secret.

I am not the quiet you built

with your cruelty

 

I am the proof that you failed.

 

Every scar is a sentence

you didn’t get to finish writing

Every breath I take

is a door you can’t lock

 

I learned how to stitch myself together

with shaking hands

and rebel light

I learned how to become

my own safe place

my own protector

my own damn hero

 

You gave me hell

but you did not give me permission

to stay there

 

Now I bite back at the dark

Now I dance on trauma’s throat

Now I speak the words

that once would have killed me

 

I survived you.

And that is your greatest failure.

 

My body is no longer

your battleground

It is a temple

built on refusal

and revolution

 

I am not a victim.

I am an ending

to your cycle

I am a beginning

you don’t get to touch

 

Say my name now

and know

it belongs

only

to me.

  • Author: Aaron Roberson (Offline Offline)
  • Published: December 9th, 2025 09:05
  • Comment from author about the poem: This is part 2 to the last poem I posted titled I just wanna SCREAM!! This I would say is more positive with a side of venom I guess
  • Category: family
  • Views: 5
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  • sorenbarrett

    This unlike the other speaks not with as much anger but with resolve and power to continue where you were left and build a new beginning and life. Well done

  • Friendship

    A superbly written poem that captures your heartfelt feelings. It's strong, it's powerful, and yes, you are correct, you are you, your name belongs solely to you

    • Aaron Roberson

      Thank you!! This was the second part this is why I was so mad yesterday it was meant to be read right after so that way it didn't seem like I was so angry

      • Friendship

        You're so welcome, I understand now.

        • Aaron Roberson

          I definitely have some angry work but I have more than that I do alot about my mental health problems I have, plus some political ones



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