Harsh Words

You should write a manual on how to listen to you when you speak.

Maybe you don’t realize how inaudible your own voice is.

Or maybe you do but you just don’t care if people hear.

Either way it makes my head bleed when you speak to me.

I try to shut you out but even your silence is deafening.

Nothing is more irritating to me than the sight of your lips moving.

My ears need a permanent break from the shriek of your chords.