Why?

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Why did you stay so long by my side?
Why didn't you leave when our friendship died?
Why?
I want to know,
Something, anything to contradict the thoughts that have me so low.

Was it manners that forced your conversation?
Or a feeling of boredom in this lonely nation?
Can you tell me why?
Please don't let it be a lie.

By now it'd hurt so much if you left.
Might even have to charge you with theft.

Why do you know me better than any other?
Even better than my mother or brother.

Can you tell me why?
Sometimes I think this is a lie.

[July 2, 2017]

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