Before I Die;

3.

3: (12/03)

"i wrote this watching The Simpsons"

Since I met you

I've begun to understand

people who murder their lovers.

They don't like the world

but their love is making them

stick

around. And it only

makes sense

to get rid of your

reason to stay

before you leave.

When you were still here,

I wanted to leave, too.

I wanted you to go

so I could follow, and I

could never hurt you myself.

But now you're gone,

turns out no one had to hurt you.

I still want to stay.

You showed me the beauty

of the world, and gave me

a reason to be. You left then,

and took that reason from me.

I only make sense

when you're around, because

I'd seen the beauty and I

had a reason to float--

it was you.

Before, 

I was blindfolded, but you made me

dive. Now, I can see,

but I've forgotten how to

swim.

And when you left, you took

all the armbands with you,

so they'd be out of my reach.

(B.C)