Stay.

In my mind

Memory

Heart

Resigned

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My throat could close up

Restricted

Lack of air you once inhaled

Sensory assault

Olfactory revolt

-

Hypervigilant

Delayed reaction

Prolonged infraction

Facade of being fine

-

Your hand went limp

But I was here asleep

Waiting for the phone call

That sealed your fate

-

Stay

Cling on to life

Keep whispering my name

In your unforgiving

Hospital bed

-

People come and

People go

Though few will ever know

What it felt like to be loved and seen

By you

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Don’t leave

Because the world is too unrelenting

And to not feel heard

Is inexorably frustrating

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Stay