I forged you in an open field
On a bright and cloudless day
Rare elements and minerals
Mixed within the clay
You took the form my eyes beheld
And there was no other way
I gave to you part of myself
And let the chips fall where they may
I gave you more and more and more
I gave and then I gave
And now parts of me are missing
I’m losing pieces everyday
I’m not the same as I ever was
And I don’t know what to say
You stuck your boot into the mud
Your hand into the brine
You painted me as though I mattered
As though parts of you were mine
And now I’ll go into the world
Forgotten by design
Set aside where few will see
Although to them I just may shine
But it’s not me that draws them in
It’s the parts of you they find
And now parts of you are with me
I’m finding more everyday
I’m not the same as I ever was
And I don’t know what to say
-Matt Beard