I almost did

If you heard what I was trying to say, You would know that I only loved him because he listened, Sure he isn’t the sharpest tool in the shed but he answered quickly. He actually tried to listen to what I was saying when people were talking over me, If you actually noticed what I liked in him was what I was trying to get out of you. I wanted you to listen to me, Not half paying attention. Full attention. You had to learn my middle name, Yelling it whenever you lost, You forgot my favorite band, Favorite song of theirs. It took me a day before it stuck, I knew that you listened to music when you were sleeping, That you can’t sleep with videos in the background, Only music. I knew that you had a favorite hoodie, you’d never take it off. You always were upset, Even when you had no reason to. I gave you everything, I gave you my heart. Everything I knew, Everything that I could give you before I lost myself! Before I forgot who I was, Before I only knew what I knew about you, Nothing about me, But only about you.