Dismissed

Did you never see me
                          at all
      or did you look
                              past me –
      dismissing everything
              I vied for
                strived for
         and wished I could be
                 as simple
                     childish
                          reverie?

Maybe I was silly
  to think
      you ever believed
           in me.

After so much time,
   I’ve lost sight
       of why I even try –
           why you don’t
                 just say goodbye.

Yes, I was naïve
  to think
      you ever believed
           in me.

Between all the tears I cry
     and in between
                  each fine,
       everything I find
                    is a lie.

I was foolish
  to think
      you ever believed
           in me.