everything

everyone wants someone
who will reflect back to them
the way they want to be.
the problem comes when
the person sees the real you –
the one you try so desperately
to hide – and loves it anyway.

what screws things up
is when someone
comes along who
likes you far more
than you like yourself, and
you can’t even entertain the thought
that maybe everything you’ve hated
about yourself your whole life
isn’t really that bad.

I just wanted to be his
everything, but that was
too much for him,
apparently.