It’s those words that I’m afraid of the most The ones you haven’t yet spoken Latching onto me like the veins that run through me Circulating through me again and again ******* both my time and emotions out of me Sooner than I can process, one grows into a swarm Making it impossible to resist the current But once I seem to be drowned by the flood Once I’m on my last few breaths Everything drains Left with not even a drop