stay.

2 0 0
                                    


"When did I say that I love you?" He asked.

My facade faulted.

Hearing him say it, he emphasized it so.
I thought, "Just now, I suppose."
But my throat was closed.

I regretted what I had done.
I planned this all along.

I pushed him away and away,
I had always just been,
too scared to stay.

GIVE YOURSELF A TRY Where stories live. Discover now