The You I Created

I wrote you like a poem

A perfect image in my head

I built you up so high in my heart

Sewed sweet things into all the words you said 

Moments with you always traced my mind

And the thought of a life without you is just something I can’t find

I often am fine living with these fantasies

Ones where I truly love you

And you deeply love me

But sometimes reality comes to shore 

As it has done many times before 

Because sadly I’m just another girl on your shelf

And the perfect person in my mind

Is not your true self