you can die today

sharloola
Oct 30, 2023

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i promise it’s okay.
i know it hurts,
and you didn’t mean to get this sick.
i know the lights are annoying
and you don’t want to worry anyone.
i know you can’t restart your own heart.
so we can make a deal:
you can die today if you come back tomorrow.

or next week, i don’t mind.
just die today, and only today
because we still have more to do.
i know what we’re doing for your birthday
and i might do something to make you proud.
die today, if you must,
i won’t cry.
just don’t be gone when the seasons change.
i told time to wait for us.
i told the sun you’d be back.
see? she’s waiting up there, in the sky.
you can die today.

s.o.

Photograph of the sky at sunset, with a large heart shaped cloud and buildings and trees at the bottom of the image.
The sky on my dear friends anniversary

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