I once gleamed, as bright as the stars

A beautiful piece, adored in their eyes

Eyes that once admired

Eyes that envied

Eyes that weighed me with expectations

Eyes alight with love
But those eyes began to consume me

My gold faded

My shine dimmed

I pleaded with my diamond-coated mouth
Desperate to save myself
My throat sealed with my own sucess the pleading falls useless.
nothing worked

The hunger of expectations devoured me
Leaving only a broken and a tainted surface no longer special no longer the cool of the eyes
The sun no longer graces my surface.

It once made me radiant

But now it embarrasses me

Exposing my flaws for all to see

And they consume me more

So, I retreat

Hiding in the deepest, darkest rooms

Where no one will find me.

At last, in the dark

I can blend in
The sunshine isn’t mine anymore

I am nothing but a mess

With no one left to impress
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