This Cage

This is my masterpiece
I thought it would be worthwhile
I put my soul out on the line to dry

This is my masterwork
it's the best thing I have ever done
and somehow I manage to screw it up

I suck at everything I do

This is the candy
that I have made taste bitter
when I started it was so sweet

I waited too long
I wanted it to happen by itself
I didn't know then what I know now

I ruin everything I touch

this is my cage
that I have made with failures
these walls cannot be broken

I have not done
anything to change
this downward spiral I am in

I fail everything I try