Dead Rhinestone

She's rubbing off
on you
just like
a cheap necklace,
she is the metal noose
around your neck

a green ring of jealousy
is all she leaves
when she is off
tainting the perception,
your perception.....

she's a dead rhinestone
worthless,
it does not shine
and makes the ones that do
seem like nothing special

time to remove
she who dangles
from the throat of humanity,
a gem no more
just an ugly reminder
of the beauty that once was