no matter how far apart we drift
no matter how long it's been
no matter how heated our last argument was
no matter what your parents think of me.
i'll always be here.
i waited seven years for you.
and i'll wait seven more if i have to.
you can leave and slam the door behind you,
but i will always leave the back door unlocked.
just in case.
you can leave for decades,
but i'll still be here,
waiting.
when the sky falls and there is fire all around us,
i will still be here.
when there is no longer life on earth,
when all the stars have stopped shining,
when time resets,
i will still be here.
i will wait for you.
i will wait for you.
vines will grow around my body,
but i will wait for you.
the sun will rise and the sun will set,
but i will wait for you.
the rain will pour and lightning will strike,
but i will wait for you.
if you no longer talk to me,
and suddenly decide to try anew a decade later,
i will still be here.
i will still be here.
you know who you are,
and i know you are crying as you read this,
i am crying as i write this.
i feel like this is the end of our story,
but maybe it is only the beginning.
maybe those seven years
were just the prologue.
but maybe i am wrong.
maybe this really is the end.
if this is the end
if this is the end,
i want you to know i will always be a text away.
no matter the distance in reality,
i am always a text away.
if something happens and i come to hate you with a burning passion,
if i truly hate you,
i will still be there for you when you're crying at 3:00 AM.
the world can end,
the universe can die,
the stars can quit shining,
the rain can be acid,
but i will still be here.
take as long as you need.
for even if i die without another word from you,
i will still wait for you in the After.
for even if it is a whole life later,
i will still be here.
i will always wait for you.
i will always find you.
do you believe in platonic soulmates?
maybe that's why we're so bad at finding romantic love—we already have everything we need right here.
i cannot stress it enough,
i am here.
i will wait.
i will always be here.
i will wait forever.
do not ever
for even a second
think that i am too mad at you to help you.
i will always be here.
if you need me to be, i will always be here.
there can be dust all around me,
cobwebs in the corners,
cracks in the ceiling and walls,
but i will still be here,
right where you left me.
i will still be here.
please, let me help you.
i don't want you to take this on your own.
i want to help you come out of the bleakness.
i know what it is like.
i know how you're breathing,
yet suffocating.
i will help you.
it is us against the world.
it always has been,
and always will be.
i will intertwine my fingers through yours,
and we will take this impact together.
the back door will always be unlocked if you ever come back home.
