• sliced open
    by there hateful words
    each taunt worse than the one before
    the words they speak like razor blades
    cutting open all who hear them

    each word she utters met with disdain
    looked down on
    by those who imagine themselves superior
    paralyzed by fear of further humiliation
    she says nothing

    they continue there ridiculing
    even when it’s met with silence
    still mocking constantly
    too busy thinking of themselves themselves
    to consider the pain there inflicting