Stigma

[Bunx]

Stigma 

Stepping in the ring
a cage with no fighters.
Eyes focus upon him
witnesses to his Fates. 

Heavy emotions flare 
past blurs with present
giving reasons to fight.
Bell rings,

rope cuts his skin.
Pain reveals every wrong
that's been done to him.

Furious he yells, restless
he swings. As if he was born
to fight unseen enemies.

Fallen bruised, beaten.
Hurting himself just to feel,
until his movements
aren't his anymore.

Endlessly devastating this
match would be, leaving
the warrior with nothing.

He fights his own reflection
that looks back in the mirror.
A man that's never enough
destined to find meaning in loss.