Memory

You love her, don't you? I can see why. She is a beautiful, odd little thing, isn't she? Don't worry for me, my sweet. I am glad, glad that she found you. Go ahead and love her. You need someone, you always have. You were never meant to be alone. She is good for you, haven't you noticed? Far more than I ever was. Already she has made you happier, made you live again. I am only a memory now, my love, caught in your shadow, as she would say. Let me go. You've drawn me too thin. I always burned too bright and too fast, don't you remember? Come now. She deserves something less than you plus me, and you deserve something more than what's left here of me. Let me go, and love her.