You're everything I've wanted and exactly what I need
So why can't I find the strength to beg you not to leave
I don't want you to suffer and I know it's been a lot
I seen you face the hurt. There's no way I'd have forgot

I need your laugh and I need your smile
I know the feeling is there
I want to not live with the denial
of the life that we could share

I hate the way that life has gone
cause I made a dumb decision
I wish I could fix all the things gone wrong
My life could use a revision

I'll never be the perfect mate
My love can't be held in a cell
But we're not as different as you think
I know this all too well

I cannot promise to be the love
That meets the perfect criteria
If the status quo is how I'm judged
I'll always look inferior

But I can give my all to bring it back
That feeling we once felt
Though the road is rough on a deep woods track
I'll ante up with the hand I've been dealt

I hope for a chance to avoid this path
You don't have to meet any expectations
I want us together to smile and laugh
And learn to overcome our many frustrations

It's give and it's take at least that's how it should be
Love who I am not him that I could be
And I'll show you the life that you've always wanted
Forget the past that would keep you being haunted

That's all i know how to say
I rhyme it better so I plead in this way
Let's not be a story of a love with no sun
Let's fight through this darkness. We can grow. And overcome.

© The Moonlight Bard