Words are Knives

#%*@&$#

#%*@&$#.
thanks.
i needed that.
i needed a reminder.
it's not like
i'm struggling for every breath.

#%*@&$#.
thanks.
i needed that.
it's not like school is hell
and you are the devil.
it's not like that at all-
not even hell could be this bad.

#%*@&$#
thanks.
i needed that.
my confidence, self-esteem,
was almost out of the negatives.

#%*@&$#.
thanks.
i needed to be called a #%*@&$#.
i needed to be reminded that i'm just a piece of #%*@&$#.
i needed to be told to #%*@&$# myself.
i needed to hear you yelling that i'm
#%*@&$#;%*@&$#.

#%*@&$#
thanks.
i needed it.
#%*@&$#.