When does it let go...? //caption// You have successfully destroyed me. You have beautifully disfigured, my mind, my muscles, my defense mechanisms. You have violently conditioned me to swallow pain when I should be popping pain pills. You have done me in, wrung me out. You have deluded me into craving love without allowing space for the realisation that I am capable of it. You have convinced me that hope will forever be my captor. Who did I destroy to deserve you? When will you let go?