i really know how you feel... i've had, well, experience. hanging on every word is something i always do. and you don't know if you're being held up by them unless you try hanging by your own strength. :-) great poem.

Wow, did you crawl into my head to write this? It's perfect and beautiful. You did a great job of conveying how you feel. And you're right, someone that hasn't been majorly burned just wouldn't understand this.