you, you, and you

you, you, and you

the answer is drowned in smiles
as I try to make you understand
that you are really one of the
worst things to ever happen to
me. and I, the empty space,
have kept my palms pressed
together in a desperate prayer
hoping, just hoping -

( that maybe )

maybe you'll see that I can do better
than he, or she, or them, will ever do.