weep for me

  
we weep as one  
without a single tear shed  
you do so with a smile  
that fails to reach your eyes  

I play along  
smiling back at you  
I keep it all in to save your heart  
 
you know you are losing me  
you hold me tightly each chance you get  
to stop me from slipping from your grasp  
 
you watch helplessly as I fade  
calling me back to you  
with love and trust in your gaze  
 
I hide from your beauty  
it pains me to see  
the hope I know I will snuff out  
 
my fear is greater somehow  
I don't trust myself  
not with your heart  
so I weep with you,  
I grieve quietly inside myself
 
as you slip further from my grasp  
while still sleeping beside me  
because I know I have little chance of being her  
the woman shining in your gaze  
when you look at me  
 
I'm hollow and broken  
I can't be who you need  
this breaks my heart more than you know  
 
I was gifted a love of a lifetime  
who is slipping through my fingers  
one tearless moment after another