Didn't You

Condescension blinded you to my transformation and arrogance made you vulnerable.

You thought I would quit.

Mistaking the body blows I took for softness opened you to vengeance.

You didn’t know me at all.

Slowly I suffered and evolved; an inexorable process that made me hard.

Your lies and laughter and manipulation continued as
I got smaller and tighter and dangerous.

Fear and contempt, incubating inside me, acted as catalysts to audacity.

When the moment was right I looked directly into your dilated eyes as we switched roles.

It felt good to hurt you.

May you never recover as I continue on to savor a serene destiny richly deserved, and painfully earned.

You thought I would quit, didn’t you?