Scales Falling

floundered,
I gape
open, close
you shut me down
with words
gasping now,
fish out of water
my mouth empty
just air
despair
that you will ever
understand
my heart
is dark
I hate this part
you hook my words
my meaning,
demeaning,
who I am,
and what I do
your words
explode
no control
danger, alarm
I'm gone,
too long
out of water
open eyed, 
scales falling