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Student @ Babcock University
The Last Light I Carry
<p><br/></p><p>with every heartbeat i have left</p><p>i will defend your every breath</p><p>carve shelter out of the ruins of me,</p><p>hold back the dark with shaking hands</p><p>even when my bones remember nothing</p><p>but breaking.</p><p><br/></p><p>i have loved you in the quiet ways,</p><p>in the trembling-in-the-chest ways,</p><p>in the stay, please stay,</p><p>even when the world turns colder</p><p>than the truth i never learned to speak.</p><p><br/></p><p>you are the soft glow</p><p>inside a life that keeps flickering—</p><p>the pulse i keep finding</p><p>even when i’m lost in the smoke</p><p>of all my unfinished battles.</p><p>i am a collapsing star,</p><p>but for you</p><p>i burn slow,</p><p>i burn steady,</p><p>i burn on.</p><p><br/></p><p>and if the night comes for you</p><p>with its teeth bared and hungry,</p><p>i swear i will rise</p><p>raw, ruined, unguarded</p><p>to stand between you and every shadow.</p><p>i’ll give the last of my light</p><p>to keep yours alive.</p><p><br/></p><p>because loving you</p><p>has always been the one thing</p><p>that doesn’t hurt to believe in.</p><p>and even if my voice fails,</p><p>my heart won’t</p><p>not while yours</p><p>still dares</p><p>to beat.</p><p><br/></p><p>Inspired by “Light” by Sleeping at Last</p>
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