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Mirror cracked, staring at my ghost reflection

Family tree, but I’m the dead connection

Roots so tangled, can’t reach affection

Every move I make, a failed direction

Nicest in the room, but they ice me out

Smile so fake, teeth whisper doubt

I give ‘em gold, they dig for coal

Still, they point at the cracks in my soul

Why I’m a mint with no sweet?

Disappoint-mint under their feet

Every word I spit, still incomplete

Disappoint-mint, the flavor of defeat

Polite to a fault, manners in the grave

Still feel the weight of the love they save

Tides roll back, but the shore won’t hug

A puzzle piece they refuse to plug

Tried being loud, tried being meek

They only hear silence when I speak

Chased their approval, ran out of air

Every win feels like solitaire

What’s the point of a perfect bow

If the gift inside they’ll never know?

I’m a firework fizzling in the rain

Lighting the dark, but hiding the pain