Will Not

I am sad.

I feel like I've been emotionally brutalized,
like I've been assaulted.
His words are sharp,
His logic confused.

(All this, just to demand my picture to be taken off from his profile; he has not my permission to use it.)

What they say about
"Don't worry about him,
He's an asshole,
a fuck-up,"
I know.
"Focus on your present and future,
You have better things to do,"
I know.

But I also know that
I want to stand up for myself.
I want to finally have a say.
If I didn't have a say in love,
then I want to have a say in
where my image lies,
how a shred of me
is used.

I can't even do that.

"Don't worry about that.
Let go."

How do I let go?
How do I let go of
having so many times being
taken advantage of ...
... just because they could?

Should I let go?
Or should I fight for
what is legitimately mine,
and then let go?

Why should I settle for
being vulnerable?

No.
I will not settle for that.
Not ever again.