Why am I not a songwriter?

So, as I'm going through my archive of old writing I am finding some poems that are pretty good that I know I intended to be songs.  I can definitely see my influences in them from Ani DiFranco to Garbage to Tori Amos to Nine Inch Nails, etc.  And I'm thinking of this for my book title: You + Me: A Collection of Short Stories, Poems, and Songs Without Melody.  Take a look at this next little sample!

Through it All

By: Leslie Li Hikida

Put you on the scale to see if the good outweighed the bad.

The heads didn’t match the tails and I knew that I’d been had.

And the room don’t change unless you move something first.

And you can’t deny the pain when it’s you who’s being hurt.

Hot ash burned my skin before I could blink.

And your charm’s fading fast, like you’re running out of ink.

And I’m running out of words to define what we are.

It’s like trying to pave a road when you’re flat out of tar.

You never should have messed with me.  You should have stayed home.

Now that you’re dismissed looks like you’ll be walking home alone.

You expect every time for my  body to break your fall.

You think my heart will stop, but, baby, I’ve been through it all.