if i squeeze my eyes closed, will no one see me?

my face filled with heat.
who were these people?
running their mouths like they knew a thing or another.
please, excuse me, but you're precocious.
if only i could let those words leave my mouth.
i was wading in dark water here.
patience.
patience will help me.
their words sank into my skin.
irked my very core.
but i stood tall.
i needed no assistance.
for this was under my control now.
and soon they would fade away.