Toxic Love

Every word that comes stumbling out of your mouth
Tears through me like a knife
You are unaware of how badly you're wounding me

This knife is cutting deeper and deeper
I can't do this anymore
I refuse to put myself through this torture

I pull the knife out
Attempt to fix my wounds
And leave

But every time I shut the door
I run back
Afraid of what I might face
I've put up with this toxic for so long
That anything else feels wrong