In Your Shadow

I've been abandoned
Held aside
For entertainment
When it's convenient

Why don't you want me?
I try so hard
To last each day
Without you

I should give up
I'm invisible now
So camouflaged in darkness
You don't even notice

If you cared
If you truly believed
In me
You would find me

But you haven't
And you don't see
The way I envy
Your attention

I notice each sigh
Each exhausted breath you take
You're miserable
Without me

You need me
More than you know
But I'm too scared
To show myself

So I'll remain
inside your shadow
Until the light shines correctly
And you notice me

You'll notice me
For the first time
I won't be transparent
I'll exist then