You are the best thing that has ever happened to me,
And I have gone from starring role,
To day-player,
To background actor,
In your life.
I cannot place a value on a grin or sideways glance or wisecrack from you.
I have known despair,
Like a never-ending salt flat,
Badlands where nothing grows,
Except the memory of your smile.
You are why I cannot be,
Truly hopeless.
I brought you here,
I and another,
Who succeeds where I fail.
All I want is to be with you,
And I do not know how to do that.
I do not know how to do much of anything anymore,
But longing,
For understanding,
For love,
And to be a part,
Of you,
Again.
