• Don't say a word,
    just hit me.
    Beat me down
    and
    let me
    lie
    in
    the
    dirt,
    broken,
    bleeding,
    but still believing
    in myself.
    Your words cut further
    into me than any blade,
    so slap me,
    punch me,
    pull my hair,
    and let me soothe
    my wounds
    with tears and ice packs,
    anti-septics and Band-Aids,
    because the pains
    I do feel
    last
    forever.
    These
    scars
    on
    my
    spirit
    won't
    ever
    fade.