Words

I try not to listen

but they talk so loud

their words eat at me

from the inside out

I want to hide

never see them again

yet I keep going back

trying to make it through the day

I keep trying to ignore

their harsh comments

their mean snickers

but it seems like they

are trying to keep me down

purposefully hurting me

I wonder what they would do

if they knew

they were killing me

if they knew

because of them, I am dying

I wonder what they would do

if only they knew