Rescued

My enemy kept me locked in that tower.
A person I could never rid myself of.
She was constantly nagging:
You're too fat.
You're ugly.
You're stupid.
You're not good enough.
She repeated these things
Every time I saw her.

I couldn't ever respond back.
She always hurt me too much.
There was nothing I could do,
Except wait -
Wait for my knight to come.

I really believed it was true.
For once in my life I was happy.
He was everything I had hoped,
My knight in shining armor -
The one that came to rescue me.

He never had to face my enemy.
I think she was scared of him.
She wouldn't ever show her face.
I was finally free - free from her grasp.
He conquered my enemy.

He conquered me.

(From the archives, August 15, 2000)