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Take a look on the inside
I’m a vase and my creator knows me best
I am up on the top shelf
That’s where I think I belong
I am a real phony
I look like the real deal but I know I ain’t royalty
I think I am and say I’m top notch
But the people that know the real me know it’s just an act
From far I look like I can take a beating
I’m tough and I’m not easy to break
But it’s a long fall from the top shelf
It’s hard to put me back together
There’s super glue in the cracks of my soul
I have been passed around from shelf to shelf
Pretending I’m valuable
But these people don’t care about the core
They care about the beauty I can portray
Put some beautiful daisies for me to show off
While there’s dirty water and soil on the inside
You don’t care to clean up the mess you’ve made
So it keeps on piling on
Making it harder and harder to clean up
I’m too much to handle
I think I finally lost the battle
I am up on the top shelf
That’s where I think I belong
I am a real phony
I look like the real deal but I know I ain’t royalty
I think I am and say I’m top notch
But the people that know the real me know it’s just an act
From far I look like I can take a beating
I’m tough and I’m not easy to break
But it’s a long fall from the top shelf
It’s hard to put me back together
There’s super glue in the cracks of my soul
I have been passed around from shelf to shelf
Pretending I’m valuable
But these people don’t care about the core
They care about the beauty I can portray
Put some beautiful daisies for me to show off
While there’s dirty water and soil on the inside
You don’t care to clean up the mess you’ve made
So it keeps on piling on
Making it harder and harder to clean up
I’m too much to handle
I think I finally lost the battle
Published 28th May 2016
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Anonymous
28th May 2016 5:24am
I like the analogy likening yourself to a vase. Looking nice when you put flowers inside but not so pretty when they wilt or die. Sounds like no one is there for you when it comes to the hard times.
28th May 2016 12:48pm
Well Humpty, you need a parachute strapped on at all times. You can grab a sponge and clean up your act or you can slip and slide in the mud, it's all a state of mind. The first thing people see is your exterior, and you ate very beautiful to the eyes, but inside you can be whatever you want to be. You only have to change you mind and make your brain as tough as your ass kicking muscles...
Let go of the stuff that dirties you up!
Clearly you see deeply into your heart and see things you want to change, you have expressed it well. Now all you have to do is become the work of art you create for others to read...
JJ
Let go of the stuff that dirties you up!
Clearly you see deeply into your heart and see things you want to change, you have expressed it well. Now all you have to do is become the work of art you create for others to read...
JJ
