Save Myself

I wake up to a name I haven’t seen in years. 

My blood runs cold and I have to catch my breath.

It’s like reliving one of the worst fights of my life over again.

Three words with no meaning make me roll my eyes.

I’m older now, I know that things have changed.

I see words they wish they had said to me.

Evil words and nasty thoughts and broken hearts.

It’s too much and I have to walk away.

Because they’re like poison and I have to save myself.