Im_Still

I am yours to keep
     Yet you throw me away.
I'm so tired of the dark
     But where is the day?

So just shove me aside
     Break me apart
Tear out my insides
     Slash up my heart.

I hear a voice calling
     It seems exceedingly faint
A picture in my mind of you
     I begin to paint.

For I'm the one you forget
     I'm the one you can't see
Living with regret
     And killing me half-heartedly.

Am I not even worth it
     To spend that much time upon?
People just want me to quit it.
     They can't see where I have been wronged.

You don't treat me like you should.
     I'm a real person, too.
I'm the same--inside and out
    And I'm as good as you.

One pair of eyes, two three,
     Four or more...
They all seem to watch me
     As I step through that door.

I have my past
     Balled up in my hand
It is washed away with
     The water and sand.

I begin a new life.
     The slate is wiped clean.
Or am I just fooling myself?
     Is this just a dream?