you’re leaving
“You’re leaving…
and I don’t know when I’ll see you again.
So I just hold you,
tight —
like maybe my arms
can change your mind.
I’m begging you not to go,
praying you won’t forget me
the way people do
when they only leave once
but never come back.
Maybe I’m just a stop
on your way to somewhere better.
Maybe I’m the page
you fold and never return to.
But I swear —
if I had more time,
I’d write myself
into the parts of you
that never forget.
Please don’t go.
Stay.
I need you to hold me
before I break into someone
I don’t recognize.
The thought of you leaving
puts me on the verge of tears,
but somehow
I still can’t cry.
So just… stay.
Even if it’s just for a little while longer.”