There are some people
Who wear their heart
Openly on their sleeve
Only to have it
Violently ripped off
And never cherished
There are some people
Who invest far too much care
In the world around them
And end up getting hurt
By nearly everyone
No expectations are met
There are some people
Who worry themselves sick
With the thought
That they are unloved
All because someone else
Is incompetent
There are some people
Who stay awake at night
Pondering the idea that
They are ugly and unworthy
This is a dangerous lie
Yet they still believe it
There are some people
Who wake up every morning
Fighting the urge to cry
They fail and let the tears flow
A symbol of all the emotion
They have built up
There are some people
Whose generosity
Care and affection
Go wildly unnoticed
And under appreciated
This causes them to break
There are some people
Who, after a while,
Break down tremendously
Enter a dark place
Only to return to the light
A completely different person
There are some people
Who experience so much let down
And so much heart break
That their heart is no longer
On their sleeve, it's nowhere
All at the fault of another
There are some people
Who have to learn
To give up on those
That are incapable of affection
Incapable of selflessness
And move on to what they deserve
I am one of those people
And I refuse to keep sinking
At the hands of people
Who couldn't care less
About me and my love
I am worthy of much more
Turning a new leaf.
© Peyton 2013