A/N: Dedicated to my best friend (whom I love) who might be leaving me next
year to go into job corps. But what he doesn't realize is, I can't live
without him.

With a strong, sturdy hand,
You directed my love from Death onto you.
Yet you never even noticed.
All the nights I spend stressing myself to tears,
And I'm expected to turn to the world with a smile on.
Do you see what you're doing?
My soul, desperate for love,
Has intertwined all around you,
But you never even feel it.
I'm falling, I'm falling,
With nothing but you to prop me up.
Will you step away?
Let me fall?
This is not the way it is supposed to be.
My life depends on you,
And you don't even see it.
But maybe if I was different,
I could strike you as that special someone.
Here I am, right in front of you,
But you never see me as more.
Without you, I could never go on,
And no, I'm not exaggerating.
When Death took me by the hand,
You gently pried me out of his hurting grasp,
Firmly saying "No."
I remember when the darkness was pulling me in,
You lit a candle for me,
Bringing back years of hope long forgotten,
But never knowing what you were doing to me.
How do you expect me to just let you go?
Why would you want to blow out my last candle?
You brought peace to my raging demons,
And you want to take it away,
And I can't help it without seeming selfish.
At night this dilemma tears me apart,
Slowly threading into a
Strong, cutting wire.
Poisoning my heart,
Soiling my happiness,
You can't leave,
But what am I to do about it?
I fell for my best friend,
But you never even noticed.