Perfect Angel (Poem)

Perfect Angel

You admired me from afar,
and built a picture on the things you saw.
You never cared to learn my darker side.
It was not something that I tried to hide.

It was so hard for me to let you down,
but what you wanted weighed me to the ground.
But those burdens weren’t the only things.
I was trying to fly with broken wings.

You’ve only seen me, so it seems,
as a perfect angel in your dreams.
But when reality
caught up with me,
you turned a deaf ear to my pleas.
I’d given you all of my love
but I guess it just wasn’t enough.
Because after all,
I was bound to fall
from this pedestal so high above.

And so I feel that I am not to blame.
It should be you who feels that awful shame.
You only saw what you wanted to see.
I could not live up to your fantasy.

You’ve only seen me, so it seems,
as a perfect angel in your dreams.
But when reality
caught up with me,
you turned a deaf ear to my pleas.
You’ve seen the sunlight catch my hair,
but not the shadows everywhere.
And now I’m all alone,
with no love of my own,
when you said you would always care.