if only emotional abuse scarred my skin the way physical abuse did, because maybe then you'd see that your words and your demeanor are the reason why you say i have issues with channeling my anger maybe if your screams bludgeoned my skin the way a punch would destroy the filaments under my tender flesh, you'd notice how much you're hurting me and it scares me that you can't even see what you're doing it scares me that one day i'll be one scream away from erratically fainting to my demise, falling effortlessly to the floor, heart still beating in my chest and brain activity picking up faster than ever before it scares me that you're not scared your words are like knives carving my organs with cynical words "worthless" is inscribed through the hemispheres of my brain "damaged" is engraved into my lungs i can't breathe and im beginning to not feel anything anymore