Silent Victory

Silent Victory    5/29/2015

I turned on Martins Farm

Near Suwanee Dam road

Hung a left Kings Street

Tracing my way 

To see where it went.   

I memorized the directions

Straight passed the gatehouse

Making only one more left

And I was there.

When I was happy

I could not hurt a fly

And when I was content

Anything could be forgiven.

But some men have demons

And some men

Have no soul

Long ago consumed by hatred

No matter how much they stole.

Jealous and insecure

They must win every time

Desperately seeking 

Another way to prove it

Every chance they get. 

Tonight my house is full of life

But I know, what it’s like

To be all alone

In a house of countless memories

Silent and deafening. 

Tonight there will be ghosts

In the mansion

Cursing in his ears

And crying out names

No one has ever heard.

Evil grows in darkness

And rot metastases with betrayal

Spreading through the blood stream

Like poisonous venom.  

Driving away

It didn’t hurt at all

A smile creeping across my face

A silent and beautiful victory

Unknown and unseen. 

No one may ever know

And no one may ever see

But the greatest struggles

Have often been fought

And won in silence.

Others can tilt at windmills

And others can poke at the wind

Punching at a wisp of smoke

Curling between their fingers.

I am free

Even with less

And I became, more than a victor

The day I learned

To master my emotions. 

Open your eyes
Because tomorrow the fight goes on
Each and every day
From the inside out.