Last Words

Walking away from your last words

I went out into the world

They hovered and floated like a black cloud

Darkening the clarity of my mind

Vision blurred by your hate, I could no longer see love

Fostering an infestation of self-loathing and self-harm

Controlled by need for validation, knowing I’d never receive any from you

Trash in your eyes so trash I became

Forever carrying asshole as a nickname