It’s the idea of me
Really
That you pine for
It’s not the way
I am
You’re an atheist
And I
Am not.
I believe
So you don’t
Have to
So you don’t have to
Embarrass yourself
Intellectually
Speaking
There’s just no foundation
For faith
No justifiable explanation
In fact, it’s mostly based on
Feelings
Of which you say
I have none
Remember when you said
I was your sunshine?
You said you couldn’t live
Without the light
That is true, my love.
But I
Am not
The source.
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You refused to give compliments, to say I love you or happy birthday
You said actions speak louder
They do.
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It’s true my love
If you believe
There is no light
Beyond what
You alone
Can create
You will
Live in darkness
For this simple fact
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That which illuminates
Cannot be illuminated
Except by something brighter
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In other words
It gets mighty dark
For the guy
Behind the flashlight
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Furthermore
If you go around
Being the flashlight
In everyone else’s life
And you don’t believe
There is a bigger, brighter flashlight
Of which you are
one of many
You’ll be the only one working
For the ones you love
And they’ll be fine
Until you burn up and burn out
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Eventually
they’ll learn
how to shine on their own
And figure out there is
an unlimited source of light
To draw on anytime
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That’s when they’ll
Inevitably leave you
in the dark
again, wondering
how it all went wrong