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03. the only fool that stayed

     i think it was a school night, and it was dark, and it was cold,

i was going to return home, but i stayed after i had seen her.

      i think it was when she crouched down, and her back began shaking,

i could feel her sobs crash against her like waves of the ocean on rocks.

      i think it was then i had decided that although the sun had exploded,

i would walk up to her, and tell her that she deserves the world and so much more.

      except, she had already left when the thought occurred to me,

maybe i shouldn't have thought, maybe i should have just done.

     the next time i had seen a crack in the night sky was three months and two days later,

she had her head buried in her weapons of self-destruction.

      she wasn't alone that time, though, with two girls with snake tongues.

even after they had left, i was the only fool that stayed.

     maybe it was a mistake to stay and watch her break, piece by piece,

maybe i should've helped her stay put together.

     but i am not glue, and i am broken myself,

so how can i help her when i can not help myself?

- the only fool that stayed