The shower rains next to me As I sit and wait for it to heat To get to a boiling, Melt my skin off, Burn the bad thoughts away Temperature. You are not enough, You will amount to nothing, You will not achieve Those wonderful goals That you set So many years ago These are the words that ring in my head as I write this. These are the words that haunt me so often. I used to worry if people liked me, And now all I can worry, For all these nights, Is if I even like myself. So I will get into this Burning, Steaming, Melt my skin off shower, And I will smile As it burns away the pain That is inside my head More often Than it is not.