Scathing remarks burn in my throat
Trying so hard to build a moat
Between myself and sanity,
Breaching all humanity.
And all the time,
No matter how kind,
Nothing hurts like everything,
Nothing burns like anything.
Running rampant in my heart
Waiting, wishing, for a start.
Softly the flames,
Dance about.
Merely the flames,
You can't put out.
