All I Can Do

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In the beginning

I could have saved you.

In the beginning

If I had seen.

In the beginning

If I had stopped you

Then here, in this moment

This wouldn't be

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But I was distracted

By my own little problems

So I don't notice

You dying inside.

And here, in this moment

It's too late to try

I can't do a thing

To make it alright.

---

So all I can

Do

Is hold you

Close

And try to be the friend that I

Wasn't before.

---

Is let you curl up

Small

Face buried in my

Hoodie

Sobbing in a tiny little

Heartbreaking way.

---

All I can

Do

Is let you

Rest

And whisper pointless phrases

In your ear.

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And let you

Cry

And wish that

I

Could promise it'll be

Alright.

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Please let it be

Alright.

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