Sitting on an empty shelf;
Dust collecting in my old joints
Unused for years;
Unloved for longer.
Stop lying to myself;
There are no more good points,
Only dried up tears.
Oh, how I wished I was stronger.
Pretty me up,
Dress me down.
Untangle these knots
Open up my heart.
Begin the clean-up
Wipe away this frown
Erase all the blots,
And tear me apart.
Sugar coat
That honest lie
You tell so often
Oh, how easy it is to believe you.
Slice my plastic throat
Make me beg, “Why?!”
You were my closest friend.
It’s all you can do.
Useless;
Broken;
Unwanted;
Burden!
No new dress,
Not now, not then.
I lay, cold and dead
Begging, still, for my one true friend.
Dust collecting in my old joints
Unused for years;
Unloved for longer.
Stop lying to myself;
There are no more good points,
Only dried up tears.
Oh, how I wished I was stronger.
Pretty me up,
Dress me down.
Untangle these knots
Open up my heart.
Begin the clean-up
Wipe away this frown
Erase all the blots,
And tear me apart.
Sugar coat
That honest lie
You tell so often
Oh, how easy it is to believe you.
Slice my plastic throat
Make me beg, “Why?!”
You were my closest friend.
It’s all you can do.
Useless;
Broken;
Unwanted;
Burden!
No new dress,
Not now, not then.
I lay, cold and dead
Begging, still, for my one true friend.
