In the shadow of an Angel with glitter on her wings.

I'll never shine as brightly as her and that's fine because I'm not in competition with this girl. I love her because she shines as brightly as she does. I just know that the brighter she shines the more I appear dull and ordinary in comparison. Eventually even she might notice what I have known for too long. 

But so what? You love her. You know for a fact that you love her.

But do you love her enough to admit that someone else could love her better than you could? Ooh that is a tricky one! 

You've always loved this girl. From day one, minute one, first sight even.  You never had to um and ah over it or give it some time or any kind of trial period you just felt it.

You've known her for two thirds of her life nearly and have been with her through thick and thin, good times and bad and (oh I see where you're going with this) you think you deserve her by rights? Don't you? Well you don't.

You've never known why you fell in love with this girl and maybe you still couldn't come up with a reason and hey news flash that is the reason! You don't have to think you're in love with her, you feel it, you just know it. So stop trying to figure out whether you deserve her or not and panicking that she loves someone else and get on with loving her better than anyone else. That's your job after all and in all the time you'd spent worrying about whether or not she was leaving you for another man you could have realised for certain that even if she did leave you it wouldn't be for another man it would be because you've stopped loving her well enough.