You are my silver lining
The light in the darkness
My lifeline
But you don't see that
You're seeing a different story
You see the review left by others
Just like the ones on the back of my favourite novels
Upon reading these remarks, you chose to ignore me
You never tried to understand me or figure me out
You never tried to see if what was written in it was true
You just read those reviews and accepted them on blind faith
If you had given me a chance
You'd see that these written words were just assumptions
There's more to me than these labels
These reviews were written by readers who couldn't comprehend my essence
I was a book that required an ardent reader
One who could interpret what I was trying to say
One who could read between the lines
One who could truly comprehend my essence
A reader who reads for themself, not for the reviews
All you had to do was give me a chance
I hope that day will come soon
I hope that you'll see what I saw all along before it's too late
Until then, I'll remain a novel on the shelf.
