Your Troubles Were My Obstacles

Your eyes are indolent
and every time you open your mouth
all you do is put down whatever art you create
Frankly my dear, it drives me insane.
You criticize the miraculous visuals you're able to paint with your tongue
Calling it graffiti,
If that's truly the case, leave my childish scribbles alone.

You crave love with a passion I could never understand
as you search for it in the crevasses of someone's skin
but never your own.
That glimmer in your eye that shows when you look at me
As if to humor a wounded animal, cooing life back into its chilled body

You saw me hit the concrete, and still drag my chagrin body to the curbside
Withdraw the affection and leave me unaided

The perfection you rejected still courses through your veins
being reinforced consistently with each action.
These cold emotions I muster, you'll never fathom
Rationally, I mimic how one should in a situation.
I perceive x, I initiate y.
Without a cause- all systems are shutdown; disengaged.

I love you when you don't speak.
So I beg, shut your mouth
unless the next words out of it are to replace mine.
I tried to convince you of your merit; but if you're convinced you're useless,
Little toy, please
Sit back on the shelf.