You’re not the first narcissist I’ve dealt with.

You won’t be the last.

And like the song says, you probably think this is about you,

But it’s not. It’s about me.

I am strong enough to weather your storm.

You are nothing more than the wind outside my tent.

Sometimes hurricanes cause great damage and destruction,

But they are not us. They are outside of us.

As you are. As you remain. As it is.

And so it is.

I remind myself of my strength.

I remind myself that my hurt parts who want to respond to you

Are the lost children of my history that is long and filled with monsters.

But history is not destiny, and I won’t let you break me;

Just as she could not break me – and you are nothing near to her.

You are a petulant child, like another petulant child flinging ketchup at the wall.

I actually feel sorry for you, when I’m not in the storm of your abuse.

Your life is hollow, and will remain so.

The hole you seek to fill by destroying others will remain stubbornly empty.

And that is Justice.

I will not let you break me.

I am not food for your maw.

I am not fuel for your conflagration.

I am not sustenance for your starvation.

I am not yours.

I claim my power, back from all times and places, from all timelines and commitments,

Back from all soul contracts entered into consciously or unconsciously.

I call myself back to myself,

Into my body, my holy vessel with which I interact and experience this world.

My body is not yours. My mind is not yours. My spirit is not yours.

And my breaking is not for you to accomplish.

Any breaking that will happen here will be me, breaking the bindings you have tried to forge over me.

I release you. I forgive myself for believing your myth.

I forgive myself for wanting connection with you who are incapable of it.

I forgive myself for not somehow psychically knowing what you were about before you showed your hand.

I forgive myself for wanting to be one of your in crowd.

I forgive myself for wanting anything from you.

I release myself from any bondage or commitment to you.

I reclaim my own power and destiny from you.

I call back the power I gave you and put it rightfully back into myself.

For I am strong. I am resilient.

And you will not break me.