The Space Between Friends (poem)

By Luke Labern

You may not know who 'you' is (yet)
But I hope you know who you are.
I hope
            I give up on hope, and
Do those things I always promise you.
Promises seem to mean less when fulfilled
And more precisely when they're broken.
I promise,
                  I'm trying -- but I can't
Do this alone -- I need you
                                                  to see that 'you'
Is you.
            When you do that,
You
       and I
                  (might) become 'we'.
                                                      (Until such a time
As you decide that you like yourself more. Which you will.)

I promise.