friend, please

as the sounds fade away after this short lived break

I allowed myself to breathe

to breathe in the words, as if they were written for me

just these ones, just these three minutes

the rest is yours

but I’m allowing myself to be selfish for these words

that can express what I feel better than I do

stronger than “i love you”

those three words muttered too casually, not making their weight count

but your two words take a whole new meaning when you say them

I hear the pain, the pleading

and that’s exactly what I’m feeling

hopelessness coming at last

wanting to say “give up, it’ll be fast”

but no. never. that cannot happen

because I am responsible for this soul