Break me

I'm begging you to drop me

Shatter me

And don't pick up the pieces

Instead, leave me on the ground and step on my remains, turn me into dust

Don't look at me in hopelessness

Instead, swipe me away and pour detergent

Disinfect yourself from all of my being

forgiveness is too pure

For the dirt i have become

I am scum

I am scum

I am scum

This isn't a poem

I am scum

Scum of the earth

I am dirt

I am filth

I am not deserving of you

Of your innocence

Of your love

Poetry was dead the day I grabbed a pen

I infected you and everyone around me with ugliness that's blinding

So, let me break

The way I broke you

Let me shatter

The way I was meant to

Let all my shine fade

And let my soul decay

This is not a poem

For the poet is dead

For the poem is hollow

For poetry is meant to have beauty that could never be found

In a scum like me

A scum

A scum

The scum of the earth