I Will Not Apologize

I will not apologize
for being made of stone
when once I was warm flesh
and you dug your fingers in
and bared my bones
I will not apologize
for being heartless
when once I was kind
and you stole
the sun from my veins
I will not apologize
for being selfish
when once I was selfless
and you took more from me
than I had to give
I will not apologize
for growing up
when once I was young
but my innocence died in the summer
and I wished I was dead by its end
I will not apologize
for being a monster
when once I was a child
but babes grow into wolves
with fangs and claws
and the taste of blood on their lips
I will not apologize
for becoming a wolf
when once I was free
and your hands twisted me
and I had no choice
but to grow up
to grow cold
to survive the only way I knew how
I am a wolf
I am made of stone
I will not apologize