US – Love (love less than us)

I need you to know  

if I could,  

             I would,  

                        but I can’t  

and you won’t.  

  

Still I need you to understand  

that I understand  

while I can’t  

                you won’t;  

even if I could,  

                   you wouldn't.  

  

So really, it doesn't matter;  

    I don’t matter;  

    we don’t matter,  

beyond the concoction in my head  

where we live  

                  in nonexistence while  

you’re there and  

I’m here  —  Sep  

                      a  

                         rate  

because I can’t  

                    though I would  

                                         if I could,  

but you won’t  

                   although  

   

maybe if given the chance  

        if I took the chance  

           you  

                 might  

    

and we’d stand a chance.