How hard I've tried?

How hard I've tried?

    Karyn Indursky

How can you measure how hard I've tried
without knowing me or what I've gone through?
How can you measure how hard I've tried
when you haven't seen my worst or my best?
How can you measure how hard I've tried
when you don't know how I feel?
How can you measure how hard I've tried
when you weren't there for me growing up?
How can you measure how hard I've tried
when you weren't there for me when I needed you?
How can you measure how hard I've tried
when you don't know what was entailed?
How can you measure how hard I tried
when you never gave me a second glance?
How can you measure how hard I've tried
when you never offered me a second chance?
How can you measure how hard I've tried
when you never saw me for me or my life as mine?
How can you measure how hard I've tried
when you're not me?

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