last night as i sat with my legs
folded i thought about you.
how you constantly make me feel
smaller than the stars.
you shout until your words become
the only music i know.
you wish for me to drown in my own tears.
you tell me to use the veins running beneath
the layer of my skin as ropes to hang myself.
you leave me breathless and gasping for air
you leave me unable
you leave me silent
i've become tired of your words
lingering through my curtains
oh please, leave me alone.