“miracle mile”

I should have been your Miracle Mile
If you would have believed in me the way you believed in him
            things may have been different for you
I never had an opportunity to show you my talents
            share my aspirations.
I’ve seen all of yours fall to pieces.
I knew of your dreams—I was attentively eavesdropping.
And I was also listening to you trying to teach him the Right Way.
I suppose you believed he could change—and he can.
But will he ever change for you?
Will you be the one who eventually sets him straight?
              and teaches him the same Seven and Ten rules you follow?
You’re still in my prayers—your happiness is still in my prayers.
You’ll live your life and I’ll live mine.
You’ll one day forget my name and I’ll one day scream yours.
We’ll grow old without each other: two lives never joined.
I’m saving a sacrament for you, but you’ll make that agreement with him.
I’ll continue to be your forgotten fool.
How I wish I had that opportunity.
I wish I were more like him.