There's this one word 

Continuously I see 

No matter what I read 

That one word gets highlighted 

Is it trying to tell me something 

Or this word is simply chasing me 

No matter what surf, flip or do 

It projects before my eyes 

 

I try to shut it out 

Ignore it completely 

Try to pretend 

I didn't read you 

And it doesn't hurt 

To see you 

Whether black or white 

Or any other colour 

It strikes my heart 

A lethal tremor 

 

Where do I hide 

Should I wear dark glasses 

Hoping the glare wouldn't be there 

I tried this ways and that ways 

This thought and that thought 

But this word simply 

Slips prominently into my sight 

 

Am I scared to read it 

To feel it 

To remember it 

Or am I scared to touch it 

Wounds or no wounds 

Healed or still scars sealed 

 

I will place this word 

In an envelope 

And seal it tight 

Place it air tight 

Let it slowly 

Over the sea 

In a bottle 

To gently flow 

Where it's not me 

 

You can't get me 

You can't hurt me 

You can't be me 

Or can you 

I'm stuck 

Not finding another 

 

Where do I place it 

What other word 

To replace it 

I won't dare utter it 

Or type it 

What if it's glued 

And stays here