i fell in love with you because you were gold, dazzling, brilliant, a comfort few can afford. and i also fell in love with a silver heart, a few less stars in their shine, but soul glimmering with humility. i settled for second because i believed i was bronze; the last place in a race, the dull brown of pennies but where you saw me as tarnished brass, i was their fool’s gold. and you grew ever so dim that day when they proved their weight in so much more than you.