Steven Chainsaw

take these words to heart
please hear me out
please think it through
i want to make this crystal-
clearly it resonates (like a gunshot)
please listen to my case
before you cast your verdict

sticks and stones may break my bones
but your words they still haunt me

take this time to think
a reaction to an action
forged from a scar
hidden from view (close your eyes)
behind empty bottles
time to pay our tab
its last call with no place to go