ONE STEP AWAY

Before I met you

I always thought I was whole.

Nowadays I feel

A part of me is missing.

I used to hear the love stories

And scoff and laugh at them all.

Now that I have one of my own

All I want to do is break down and cry.

Why did no one ever tell me

That loving someone could hurt so much?

That by loving you

I could lose myself?

When I look at myself,

I see only you.

And slowly but surely

I'm beginning to hate it.

All I do and all I say

Are with you in mind.

I’d do anything for you.

I’d do everything for you.

I'm not blaming you.

I've made my own choices.

I made myself a

Willing slave to your smile.

My old life is gone.

I didn't notice it had slipped away.

I was too busy

Making you my whole life.

I feel myself slipping away,

Fading into someone else.

I keep a smile on my face.

You seem to like this person.

With time I begin to realize

That what we have is but a dream,

Because you love this person

And this person is no longer me.

I long for the day

I see myself in my reflection.

I hope that day comes

Before I hate you as well.