Out of your mouth and into my mind,

Your words are corrosive, subtle and unkind,

Vitriol eating away at my confidence,

This is your doing, and it is no coincidence,

You spew velvet covered words of venom,

Abrasive and nasty but written on soft velum,

Demeaning my purpose, my reason for being,

I’ve had enough now, and so I am fleeing.