when your favorite person's favorite person is not you

To love someone so much
To know that you would do anything for them
To know that you will always look up to them
To be willing to put them before yourself
To know that they are your favorite person

But you are not theirs 

Hurts. 
It hurts because you know that they love someone more than they love you
It hurts because you can't do anything about it
It hurts because no one loves you as much as they love you 
But you are not their first
You are their second
It hurts because they love you but not as much as they love that other person
It hurts because they love you but not as much as you love them
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