Restraint

re·straint

rəˈstrānt/noun

• a measure or condition that keeps someone or something under control or within limits.

Stuck in the abyss

if I admit

that I'm unfit

then to them

it is a win

I have become inadequate

I have become an addict that

became her own antagonist

Wearing the very same labels

that they tried to brand me with

....EJ