The Bleeding Pen

Expectations

I am a Ruby

You want me to be

A beauty that surpasses and diamond stone

I am an artist

You've gone too far with this

Depiction of me I don't even know

I am a hero, not a martyr

This is a battle, not a war

I am smart, you want me smarter

I am scratched, you want me scarred

I am big, you say bigger

I give and you want more

I have spirit, you want vigor

I am battered, yet you say sore

I stand lonely

You say I'm only

Milking a depiction of a sullen fraud