Not a Diamond In the Rough

(Written 5/13/23)

Tell me I

Remind you of him

Why don't you just

Rip my heart out and

Say I did my best

Best to fail

Best to ruin

Everything that you held dear

Leave me on read

When I'm at my worst

Seems you never

Really measure up to

Who you say you are

And what you say you'll do

And you never

Ever ever prove

Prove me wrong

Say I'm okay

Say I'm not miserable

Not every day

Say my sadness, my anger

Say it's all just a song

In my ear that I mirror

For so long

Say that I'm nothing

Not who I once was

Nothing will I be

Nothing will I cause

But misery, you say

Say I'm obscene

Till I am on the floor sobbing

Bursting at the seams

Tell me tears are diamonds

I will never believe

They told me I was like him

They left me and proved

That I am absolutely nothing

Not who I once was

Never will be a diamond

Not one in the rough