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Student @ Babcock University
I bled in the shape of us
<p>They told me to let go.</p><p>To move on.</p><p>To forget you like you were something small,</p><p>something replaceable.</p><p><br/></p><p>But they never heard our laughter</p><p>spill into the quiet,</p><p>never saw the way your eyes found mine</p><p>like the rest of the world had blurred away.</p><p>They didn’t know how real it was—</p><p>How real you were to me.</p><p><br/></p><p>So tell me—</p><p>What was I supposed to do</p><p>when I tried until my heart felt worn thin,</p><p>until loving you became heavier</p><p>than I could carry?</p><p><br/></p><p>I held on until my hands ached,</p><p>until my grip trembled,</p><p>until the pain of holding</p><p>and the fear of losing</p><p>felt exactly the same.</p><p><br/></p><p>I stayed.</p><p>I believed.</p><p>I gave you everything I had</p><p>and borrowed strength from parts of me</p><p>that were already empty.</p><p><br/></p><p>And still—</p><p>I failed.</p><p><br/></p><p>Not because I didn’t care enough,</p><p>But because my love</p><p>wasn’t the kind that could save us.</p><p>Because I am trying with my whole soul</p><p>still wasn’t enough to keep you here.</p><p><br/></p><p>After all of it, after breaking myself down just to keep us standing, I stood in the ruins—knowing I couldn't save us. That truth will always feel like my fault.</p>
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