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The One Who Stays
Is there someone who would stay,
Even when the ground feels unsteady,
Who knows the risks, the weight it brings,
Yet still reaches for your hand?
Someone who doesn’t calculate
What loyalty might cost,
Who doesn’t measure your flaws
As if they could outweigh your worth?
I’ve seen how people walk away,
Softening, like calluses over time,
Slipping through side doors and fire exits,
Their words thinning until they vanish.
I’ve felt silence tighten inside me,
A rope pulled beneath the skin,
Where absence speaks louder than voices
And loneliness settles in.
So I don’t ask for forever anymore,
No illusions, just something that remains
When my chest feels heavy,
When the flames in me fade.
Is there someone who would stay...
Not because it’s easy,
But simply because it’s you?
