you think so highly
of the person who wastes their time
and tries to make happiness
out of what they have left.

you  see this person
and hear their troubles
and their stories of hardship
and it gives you hope

you don't know
that this hopeful radiation
is the distribution of
what little happiness they make in a day

but if it makes you less sad,
you can keep leeching
and leave none of that hope
in their heart.