Short Stories

you weren't listening, were you?

"You need to take care of yourself.

You're the only one you can rely on."

I don't know if that's necessarily a good thing

But I won't say anything

Don't say anything

Don't say anything at all

Everyone's running their own lives

Nothing is worth this sacrifice

There's too much to hold on to

But nothing to get a grip on

This is very troubling

Not that any of you saw this coming

I wasn't even really asking

Because you weren't really listening, were you?

There is no second chance

Once it flies by, it's a miss

Nothing you do will bring it back

It's gone

Just like the rest

But you didn't see this coming

I wasn't even really asking

You just weren't listening, were you?

Were you?

Don't lie to me

Please don't lie to me

I can't take one more person lying to me

I don't know how to ignore this pain building in my chest

This weight on my shoulders is dragging me down

Deeper underwater sinking slowly to the bottom of the ocean