Degrade me, defy me,

and cast me away,

reveal to me the daunting

that I cannot allay;

Revile me, rebuke me,

denigrate my worth,

show me the allegory

of life at its worst

But deny me of my cadence,

fathom the ways in which I err,

force me down to infamy,

and I can no longer bear;

Strip away my passion

my fury and my rage

and I am lost in such a misery

that no anodyne can save