"Did we just break up?"
"I think we did."
"Oh God."
"Mm."
"No."
"What?"
"No, we didn't."
"What?"
"I can't lose you, okay?"
"What?"
"Stop saying that for God's sake! I can't lose you. Don't you dare leave me."
"I--"
"Don't you dare fucking leave me. Please."
"I thought you'd..."
"You thought wrong. I love you, okay? I can't lose you, okay? Please, God, don't you dare go. I don't want to let you go. Stay. There's a reason I let the others go, and kept you. I can't let you walk away. Stay, Margo."
"Okay."
"Okay?"
"Okay."
"Are we good now?"
"I don't know...yes?"
"I'm so sorry. I know what I did was...bad. And I know that you have a right to go. I know you can walk out of here, and you'll be better off. But I'm going to be fucking selfish right now. Stay with me, don't leave. Ever. Because dammit, I love you. I love you. I love you."
"I didn't think that you...that you really loved me."
"I do, I do."
"I love you, too. I've always loved you. And I never wanted to go, but I couldn't let myself stay if you weren't going to try and keep me."
"I want to keep you forever, I mean it. I'm not lying this time."
"Okay."
"Do you trust me?"
"I don't know...Wait, no, yes."
"Which is it?"
"I think I do."
"Do you love me?"
"Yes, of course."
"So you won't leave me?"
"No, I'll stay."
"Are you good?"
"We're good."
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BURN (Wattys2015?)
Poetry"Poetry...is thoughts that breathe and words that burn."--Thomas Gray "Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash." --Leonard Cohen Poems on the tough stuff in life. Poems on the crazy good stuff in li...
