I tried.
C'mon baby you know I did.
To save you
From your vicious inner self
I tried to piece you back together
Broken glass on a shelf.
But you were blue and I was red-
A combination of emotions
Clouded in one head
You were depression and I was rage
Our mutual dissatisfaction
Too much at this age.
Nights blurred together until
All we were was sex
Well baby, I think we failed the test.
Romanticising pain, glorifying torture...
When did it become a competition
"Let's see who's sick the best "
And here I sit now
Angsty, mediocre teen -
Crippled by the wonder
Of what could have been
