Why don't you see me?

I'm right here, but you don't recognize me.

No matter what I do, no matter what I say, I'm just another shadow in your dark world. Nothing more than a forgotten echo in the back of your mind.

Because you never had much interest for anything that lay outside of your beautiful head, did you.

You might have once opened your eyes enough to notice someone, but not enough to see beyond the beauty, beyond the good, and see the flaws beneath the crystalline surface.

But you were hurt by your blindness, and now live with your crimson eyes tightly closed, afraid to look, afraid to see.

So now I fall by the wayside, as you dwell within the chambers of your mind.

Don't you know that I'm still here…?

You're afraid. So am I. At least I know that my fears are true--

That the one I adore will never love me back.

Because you--how can someone so smart be so… stupid?!-- don't realize how much you're hurting me every time you look away, every time you ignore me, every time you shove your "sins" in my face.

I should leave.

Maybe then you'll see how much I do for you, how much my love meant. Maybe then you'll try to find me, try to apologize…and won't find me, because I'll be gone.

Maybe…

Who am I kidding?

You wouldn't come for me.

You wouldn't care.

And anyway…

I'll always be here for you.

I'm yours, body, heart, and soul.

So forever I'll be your shadow.

Your unnoticed angel.

Your…nothing.

That's all I can ever be.