Can You?

Can you leave, the one you love?
The one, whose life, you understand?
The one who is, but half a man,
Without you, at his side.

The one and only, losing case,
Whose life you saved, by digging in,
Through darkness, shroud, until the end,
My one and only, precious guide,
The one, who I, could call my friend,
Who could not, would not, leave my side.

The hours spent, that meant, to me,
The meaning of my sorry life,
Of how I left, my purpose true,
And found, through you, that life was new,
That I could be, just what I am,
A full, complete, imperfect man.