Flaws

We watch others around us wander;
Confusion was never our flaw.
A whisper of promises never sounded so good.
Then, words of affirmation I barely understood.

Day to day I hear of their problems,
wishing we could do the same.
Their fallout didn't last long,
it was only a few weeks.
I'm happy they found their place,
but again,
I'm left to clean up the mess I made
on my own.

While I'm wide awake,
he seems to have no trouble falling asleep.
I wish I could be so lucky.
We walked in broken to leave abandoned,
only wanting the best.
There's nothing I wouldn't give to have a moment back.
Any moment at all,
as long as you were there.

I want a best friend.
Someone I could share everything with.
A person willing to improve
rather than give up and toss me to the side
like a paper that's been scribbled on.
Our walls were few,
but our flaws were many.

Why let facts control our lives?
You read like a well written book,
forcing the pieces apart
and making it all in your head.