Victim's Lament

Oh what a skilled sorcerer rules the princes and villains of this world!

The prince of darkness clothes his deeds in darkness so that the victim cannot grieve

because she cannot see what has been done to her.

And even she who has always loved the light cannot see the

blind spot, the black hole in her soul, until the good King shows it to her.

The prince of darkness hates the light,

hates it when his victim sees what has happened to her because

she can finally be free from the lonely wilderness

she thought was the way of the Lord.

The prince of darkness hates the King of Light most of all,

and does not release his grip on the King’s possessions easily.

So the more the victim sees the true colors of his treachery, the more treacherous he becomes—

he will have his revenge at all costs. 

Instead of holding her in subtle fear and calm self-loathing,

the accuser starts to shout curses at her name, vile things that should not be spoken,

and he brings up old sins that have already been covered in clean blood.

But  because she’s been shattered and is just starting to heal,

 at first she believes the lies and finds her tongue speaking them, too. 

By the time the curses start flying from the villain’s lips, though,

It is already too late for him. He has already lost.

Curses are a last ditch effort of the sorest loser.

For the King of Light is stronger than the prince of the air,

and he  loves the victim more than the prince hates her.

He says, “Let my child see, let my daughter cry, let my sweetheart weep,

For I make sorrows etch in memory to show that, in justice, I do not overlook.

I make tears pure so that, in mercy, my light can glisten in the darkest dark.

I make sobs the quickest transport to my healing heart,

 so that, in triumph, the wounded has instant, lasting power over her enemy.”