Thing of Beauty

Jet black marker
Pushing harder
As you scribble out my face
Tarnishing a work of art
Funny how we fall apart

Fooled to thinking
We were the real thing
Was it just the shiny frame
I thought we were a masterpiece
But I was just imagining

Now I'm collecting dust
So far from what was

We were a thing, a thing of beauty
But we faded over time
And now it's like you never knew me
You erased us from your mind
You took a new color
And you covered
The portrait underneath
We were a thing, a thing of beauty
But now the beauty can't be seen

Color swatches
Assessing your options
As you move on from me
Were we just a forgery
Tryna be the actual thing

Blank white canvas
Peeled off plastic
Displayed for all to see
Starting new so hastily
Thoughtlessly erasing me

Though you ripped my canvas heart to shreds
I’m learning to refashion it
Every brush stroke getting bolder
Brand new me hardly know her

We were a thing, a thing of beauty
But we faded over time
And now it's like you never knew me
You erased us from your mind
You took a new color
And you covered
The portrait underneath
We were a thing, a thing of beauty
But now the beauty can't be seen