Runner Up

isn't it funny
how some feelings
can just be compared to
running a marathon but coming in second
finding the perfect dress but not having enough funds
getting paid, just to be broke again
being second best is like second nature
that to us when we become first
we get swept away
in the fantasy of this unknown feeling

But I'm not writing about coming in first
first place to me seems like
winning the lottery
going on that dream vacation for a week
having enough money to pay off your loans
these are all far reaching
someplace I would like to be,
but just can't get to

that's what it feels like when I am with you
I will never come in first place for you,
but you'll always be for me.