I

I have been battered

I have been chained

They say they worship me

But actually they want me tamed.

I can be gagged

I can be maimed

They say I am no one

But I refuse to be shamed.

My spirit is uncrushable

My will indomitable

I may be tethered

I will keep trying to rise again and again.

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #192