Left Behind

You were my everything,

I meant nothing to you.

You smiled at new faces,

reaching over for a firm handshake.

A curt nod of the head

and a frown was all I got.

You spoke and laughed

with the ones  you had barely met.

An unwilling hello was all you spared

for each one of my efforts.

You dined and wined 

 with the best I could see.

As I watched seated

far away from you.

You were everything to me,

I meant nothing to you.

Soon it was time to walk away,

  I was the one left behind

to find my own way back,

as has always been the case.

I stood there in the rain,

with tears tumbling down my face.

wondering when all those dreams

had slipped away beyond my grasp.

You were everything to me,

I meant nothing to you.