I can not keep up with you.

I can not keep
up with you.
You have such a
hunger for life.
I am not sure where
it comes from.
I try, but you
exhaust me.
He looks down at
his feet when
he says this.
I want to date you
but I am not sure
if I can keep up with you.
He looks me in the
eyes this time as
he proclaims this.
I am sorry.
I reply, looking
in his eyes.
I have just
wasted so much of my
life, that I want
to live as much as
possible.
Can I do anything different?
No, he says, I love
the way you live life.
I simply can not
keep up. But what I
want to do is watch
from the sidelines.
Oh...I say, You want to see
other people.
Yes, he replies.
I need someone, who
has lived life and is
coasting.
I am not coasting. I
say. I am catching up.
you are too far ahead of
me, he says.
I feel a tear roll down
my face.
Shhhh. He says as he
wipes my tear. You
will find the one to run
along side you.
Right now , I am running
behind you.
I simply can not
keep up.