They come here looking for a woman that I can no longer offer them. Looking for that woman that would sacrifice her morals, her pride, her values, her spitirt, her fire, herself and her life. But I can no longer step aside and watch her be broken down to nothing more than a hallowed out being. I need to protect her. From not jus you, but herself. You see when she sacrificed all of these things that made her full and whole, she was no longer herself. She could no longer feel, so I brushed her hair. She could no longer move, so I danced for her. She could no longer walk, so I carried her. She could no longer smile, so I cried with her. She could no longer laugh, so I held her. She could no longer go on, so I laid her to rest. She was buried in velvet and satin, softer and gentler than a mother's touch. And I took on her role. And after observing her for so long, I have decided no more sacrifices will be made. I will not need validation, I will not crave for attention, yearn to be touched, begged to be loved, fantasize about being "fixed". I am whole and I am complete. I am bright, my shoulders broad and my back upright. I will take a stand where she cowered, I will speak once where she shied away, I will be her in some ways because I am not perfect but I am her and I am more than her. She will always have my love and my sympathy. But I will never pity her. Her strength for so long as given me the courage and now I will carry out her duties. I will follow through. I am whole and I am complete.