Yourself or Someone Like You

Outside there's light, 

Blinding and gold - 

Dripping with possibilities 

Warm, close to hold 

But the lantern glow is hard to grasp 

And while near, still too far 

For someone like me 

I was stumbling on my own 

Through this dark and narrow street 

Crashing into walls, 

Half-dead on weary feet 

Until you found me there, 

Sitting silent in the cold

Wondering how I'd ended up 

In that miserable empty fold 

But you let go too soon;

You showed me all the stars 

Yet how can I cope with darkness 

When you left me only scars? 

I don't know why I'm still alive 

I'm not sure I'll make it through 

If I'm forced again to roam without 

Yourself or someone like you 

Help me, help me, 

I never learned how 

To stop loving the ones 

Who have let me down 

Or left me in shambles, to bleed on my own 

Or left without warning, without any home 

I can't live off 

The memory of you 

It's just never enough 

And it's only half-true 

I forget how you smiled, 

The curve of your lips 

The weight of your gaze, 

Your tears and your rips 

It's all just a blur, 

A falsity, a lie 

Because I loved you 

And you didn't say goodbye 

But while you were here 

For the instant you came 

Your eyes shined like stardust 

When you said my name 

You could hold the light hostage, 

Keep the sadness at bay 

The hardest part of losing you 

Is losing feeling that way 

I don't know how long for 

Or if it's already too late

But for yourself or someone like you 

I will always patiently wait.