Just Maybe

I’ll let you take

Take everything I am

I’ll offer myself fully just in case

Just in case maybe, maybe you might

See what I’m giving you and see the treasure. 

I’ll swallow you

Mold my world around your passions

Everything you show me about you

Becomes my obsession

Just in case maybe, maybe you might

Become obsessed with how I make you feel. 

I’ll dull for you to shine

Sit back and support your dreams

I’ll cheer and root for you and quietly pursue mine

Just in case maybe, maybe you’ll look behind you

And see the foundation I’ve laid at your feet. 

I’ll see you completely 

Better than you’ll ever see yourself 

I’ll ache for you to know you how I do

Just in case maybe, maybe you’ll notice 

That you’ve never been loved this deeply. 

I’ll fight for us

Even when you don’t see how much it’s for us

You’ll hear me as a complainer but I won’t quit

Just in case maybe, maybe you’ll hear 

My pleading for you to love me back. 

I’ll come out of my depths

To wade in the shallow with you

To make you feel safe while losing who I am

Just in case maybe, maybe you’ll miss the caves of my mystery that once lured you. 

I’ll eventually figure it out

All that I’ve compromised without reciprocity

And I’ll weep over the loss of a dream I saw in you

And then, that is when 

The dim from grief is exposed

I’ll grieve for me

I’ll withdraw all that you took and 

You won’t recognize the fault in your part

And then, that is when 

I’ll reluctantly take the blame. 

I will break

From the weight of carrying your soul and mine

My eyes will darken, my skin will become sallow. 

And then, that is when 

You’ll lose me and feel empty again.