I was happy for you
Really I was delighted
When you told me you'd found love
I was so excited
Even if a part of me
Felt disappointment too
Though we could never be
I still hoped you might want to
Even so you shared your news
Let me join your coterie
And so I cherished the gift of trust
Didn't mourn some fantasy
IN a way it took the pressure off
Released heat in my heart like a valve
And anyway, I was in your life first
My ego, for some reason, did that salve
The days rolled around and around
And true there have been valleys and peaks
But when I went to wish Happy Anniversary
I found a message dated sixty six weeks
The difference which I thought I'd wrought
The happiness that I'd thought I gave
Was never really about me at all
My sandcastle ego was destroyed by the wave