You Deserved Better Baby

like a great and mighty storm

you blew into this life,

powerful and raw,

giving everything, baring all,

holding nothing back,

your fire burning brighter

than a million suns,

raging and blazing

somewhere just beyond the edge

of control,

but still, it was not enough;

you deserved better baby;

all you ever wanted was for

someone to understand,

someone to notice,

someone to hear,

someone to hold you in

the darkness of the

cold, black night,

someone to share just a small

piece of the lost and fading light,

instead they pushed you aside,

mocking and laughing,

voting you the ‘ugliest man on campus’,

spreading rumors and lies,

taking pieces here,

breaking pieces there,

using you up,

until there was nothing

left to use;

you deserved better baby;

you should be watching your

grand babies grow,

holding them,

teaching them to sing,

sharing that incredible laugh,

baking cookies for Thanksgiving

and Christmas,

holding a good man at night,

saving the best for last;

you deserved better baby.

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