You look right at but see right through me.
I try to become what you want me to be.
Achieve your perfection, be just what you want.
Can’t let you see I’m anything but.
The tears come at night while you’re fast asleep.
When will it be enough to just be me?
You’re always pushing for better, pushing for more.
All the while pushing me right out the door.
Always an afterthought, never in front.
Others mean more, month after month.
What would it take to just make you smile?
To help us agree for just a little while?
You’ve known me forever, all of my life.
You know my first step, but none of my strife.
You’ve always looked past, way far away.
And left me alone through my darkest of days.
You turn your head at the sight of a tear.
All I wanted was for you to stay near.
It’s been too much for you, my short life of pain.
Yet you ignore my cries again and again.
So much you don’t know, so much to tell.
I guess you never have known me that well.
Nothing is different, nothing will change.
No matter what happens, just remember my name…