Words Like Daggers

Words like daggers Straight through my heart Shredding my soul Tearing apart My dreams, in whole But saving a piece A tantalizing hope Never within the reach Of my calloused hands Barricading me into a room With only my thoughts Like shadows, they creep Into my mind Freezing me to stone Never felt so blind Pain that they wrought Upon my ruined head Tears of gold I weep Over the hands that they bound With bloody rope I’ll finally be freed Just to live like I’m dead Words like daggers Harbinger of hurt If only they’d left me Where I was found Then maybe I wouldn’t Be so badly burnt.