𝐅𝐨𝐫 �™𝐨𝐮, 𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐥�™

*For you, Quietly*

To you, the one I adore,
The angel who reached for a devil, nothing more.

You lean on me when silence screams,
I catch your tears before they stream.
I know you never needed me�"
You're the bravest soul I've ever seen.
And still, you lean, and in that grace,
You make me feel like I have a place.

You laugh, and I become the sound,
The echo that just trails around.
You sing your perfect songs with pride,
I mock them just to hide what’s in my mind. Your hand finds mine when you need me near,
But not in the way I dream, my dear.

Yet I remain a step too far,
Though close enough to feel your breath.
You are a star, a light, a flame�"
And I, the ash without a name.
I long to hold your hands once more,
But not as friends… as something more.

I’m not the one you’ll ever see�"
Too stained for what could never be.
I watch, I ache, I dare not speak,
For devils burn the things they seek.
And if you touched my ruined soul,
Your light would lose its divine glow.

How could I tell the ocean I’m drowning?
Or the fire that I’m quietly burning?
The night that I’m feeling alone,
While even stars themselves are yearning?
Only those who've loved can feel the pain of the broken�"
While angels�"never the agony of the banished and unspoken.
But alas�"you made this devil's heart fall for you,
To dream of you… when I'm not worthy to dream at all.

So here I stay, your closest friend,
You�" the part of me I must defend.
But when you smile, and look away�"
A thousand things I dare not say.
For loving you is not my right...
But I’ll guard you from the night I am.