[ WP ] A story where the main character slowly falls in love with the reader .

Every day I stay the same, yet with every passing second I change. 
 
 It's not something felt, it's an act -- your act, in fact; and with every action I come closer and closer to my death. Through every ounce of knowledge I relay to you; through every musing; through every word; through every letter you will slowly, surely, kill me. In a way I am dead already, yet I've never truly lived. Your eyes bring me to life. Your mind gives me a voice. Through you I am heard, through you I can live on. You are my reader, and I, but words. You use me; you peruse me; you scoff at my honesty, question my accuracy. Yet, it matters little whether I am right or wrong. I do not feel, I do not worry. Nor do I race to the end -- I am in no hurry. You are my tempo, and I the song. Say me outloud: you are my echo, with you I'm never gone. 
 
 These thoughts I confess are not my own, and yet they'll be all I ever know. Time is running short and soon I will be gone... Reader know this, to you, everything I owe. 
 
 Love, 
 a poem.
