I drain your words

I will not let anyone walk through my mind with dirty feet ~ Mahatma Gandhi

cageandkey:

I drain
through my skin
the words you pronounce
they’d kill
every cell
of my heart
every neuron
in my brain
If I were not to drain
through my skin
every word
pronounced
by your lips 
I’d be dead by now
If I were to listen
to every stupidity
the runs ‘round your head
I thank God
I am clever
that I allow myself
only to listen
to what could build me up
and you try to break me down
and you try with all your might
but you can’t
since I stand like a rock