an adjournment of scars, an endearment of stitches

100 | i am a victim

I am a victim
of a system of the
world I live in

I am a victim
of the way of man
and the due of sin

I am a victim
of my thoughts and
the air I breathe in

I am a victim
of toil and the places
I haven't been

I am a victim
of a failed life and the
dreams I haven't seen

I am a victim
—that much I am willing
to be until years and years
pass and will continue so
In the end—
I am still a victim
of a fight I thought
I could win