you never asked to be
(beautiful
stunning
gorgeous)

but
L I F E
had other plans for you
&& you couldn't

stop it

you couldn't make it

let go

you couldn't say

I don't want to

because apparently,
life had other plans for you

...

just like the dolls
you used to play with,
you

have
P L A S T I C B U T T O N S
for eyes

know what it's like
to be
USED

your strings are
U N R A V E L I N G

&& you are cast aside,
againandagainandagain
just like the dolls
you used to play with

...

a slow-turning
wheel of monotony

the others w a n t and t a k e
while you keep giving
it's hard for you to understand
t r u s t

all they see is not
all that is
perfection
is only a
fairytale

for them, you shine
but where there's gold,
there's a gold-digger

buried alive,
you're just waiting
to be excavated

a slow-turning
wheel of monotony

...

rainbows peek out
his s m i l e is the sun
his b r e a t h is the wind
his h e a r t b e a t is y o u r s

but he is blind,
blinded by
(brilliance-ambition-loyalty-nobility)
&& blinded by
(othergirlswhoshouldn'tmatter
morethanyou)

he never
looked over his shoulder
he never
checked his shadow
he never
F E L L &&
needed someone to catch him

you were there
you'll always be there
even if he doesn't notice
you through your
invisibility

and maybe,
when he doesn't hear you,
(shout it from the rooftops)
when he doesn't see you,
(jump a little higher)
when he doesn't feel the way you feel,
(subtlety is out the window)
maybe you'll break a little on the inside
&& the outside will stay the same

you'll eventually
move on
get over him
FORGET
you won't cry anymore
you'll be able to look at him without
hurting
but until then,
he'll never know

that with him
rainbows peek out
his s m i l e is the sun
his b r e a t h is the wind
his h e a r t b e a t is y o u r s

...

life has other plans for you
from what you want
and you don't want much
only to be seen

dolls
you used to
play
with are mere
m e m o r i e s
you grew up too soon
there was no

good-bye

he doesn't
deserve
one
you're too good for him,
anyway,
squeaks the slow-turning
wheel of monotony
but you

don't believe it

don't believe that
(rainbowsthesunwindsh e a r t b e a t s)
are all you have left
of h i m

knowledge has never been
more dangerous
because it's hard to
k n o w
that he won't be
just over your shoulder
another shadow
there to catch you if you
F A L L

he is your gold-digger,
whether he knows it or not
but by the time he gets there
the mine will have caved in
&& he will have to dig
through sharp rocks and
dirt-that-gets-stuck-under-his-fingernails

never let(s) go

with no light to guide him
in this darkness

it's too late

ignorance is hardly bliss
he'll never know
what he's missing
he had his chance
now you have to

walk away

it's easier said
than
done
especially when you're
(beautiful
stunning
gorgeous)
&& missing him so much it
hurts
only he can
d i g y o u o u t
but
you're already just a
corpse

A/N: For Mystii's Free Verse Competition. :) I'm really happy with how it turned out. In case you don't read the characters - idiot - it's Victoire, second-person, about Teddy. Who... did something. I really have no idea. I'm sure I'll think of an idea with time. Oh, and my prompt was 'miss.' There are several ways that could be interpreted, and this is how I did.

The title - a Dashboard Confessional song that describes Victoire how she is in this. It's about an actress, but that also means a faker. Anyway, it's talking about how everything's glamorous for her, but she likes just being normal (kind of like Harry, but not), and at the end of the day, "No one's ever there to take you home." The line "where there's gold, there's a gold-digger" came from that song as well. :D

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