you wanted shine
and i wanted that for you too
so eventually i became nothing more than the person who swept up your glitter
you brought me around to tuck in the dark parts of you
and i helped you hide them from the world
blinded
by you and your glitter
you kept telling me there wasn’t room enough for the both of us to shine
so eventually I believed you
and then months went by and you asked when I would become somebody real
because I was killing your shine
dazing into the mirror all I saw was a person stuck in the inbetween
in between wanting you
and wanting me
in between sweeping up the mess of your fabricated shine
and sweeping up thoughts and dreams I negated in the midst of loving you
but you wanted shine
so eventually I became nothing more than the fool living in your shadow
