Never His

stay golden i told him

stay golden

do not forget that stars shine silver even though they are made of gold

he calls me star

i shine golden but i am not golden

i merely look it

 

from a distance they call me beautiful

but when they get close

i am everything that a beautiful girl is not

he looked at me from a distance

but last night he saw

me up close

 

he realized that i am not beautiful

i am not her

i will never be his because i seem my best from a distance

forget me golden angel

do not call yourself evil

for you are golden

far away and

close up

 

i will never be yours

because she is yours and you are hers

do not look at me from a distance and say you love me

 look at me close up

and call me my true name

ugly am i

never his

ugly

because i look golden but am not gold

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[Peter Joseph Swanson]

Touching.