38. Failure To Meet Your Expectations

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I'm sorry,
I failed to meet your expectations,
I failed to meet my expectations,
I've done nothing right with my life.

I can only write poems no one's going to digest,
Can I even do that well?
What's talent?
Do I have that?
Am I special?
Am I?
Or am I trying to cover up the truth?
Is this a coping mechanism?
What's going on?

I've failed to defeat all the ones' who used to be worse than me,
What's gotten to me?
Time?
Revelation of my lack of intelligence?
Who's smart?
Me?
Who are you looking at?
My mind's hit a red light,
And who knows when the green light is going to light up again?

They said,
You said,
But no,
I didn't get to say,
I didn't get what I wanted.
Why?
What luck's left in me faded,
I'm in pieces,
Painted with all the different colours,
I should stop helping you,
Look what it's done to me.

Certain things work for you,
And certain things work for me,
Certain don't,
Do you know?

I'm filled with disappointment,
If I ever become famous,
You tell an author how much of a wreck my life was,
Would it stop for the better?

I'm not talented,
Could roll my eyes,
As of you'd care,
I've failed to meet your expectations,
What'd I expect?
Another sinking ship?
Or
Another vindictive victory?

What's wrong in my mind?
Am I broken? Or am
I just putting on a mask?
Letting the rain in?
Continuing the story for no reason or treason?
Maybe I'm afraid of breaking the promise I made to save you?
Would I shine ever again?

What have I done to deserve this?
I've failed to meet your expectations,
Doing so badly in all the tests,
I can try to hide the hidden tears,
But how long would it last?
I can only hope...
For a better time ahead...

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