Softly darkened room
\none lone candle in the center
\nof the table a scene set for
\nromance<\/p>\n
I didn’t expect to see you here
\ntonight-
\nIt’s great seeing you
\nBut I’m meeting someone<\/p>\n
It’s ok- It’s been awhile since
\nwe’ve last talked to each other
\nHow have you been?
\nPlease sit, you have some time
\nI’m sure<\/p>\n
I’ve been good
\nI’ve been worse
\ncan’t really complain
\nHow about yourself?<\/p>\n
I’m always good hun
\nThere’s been a few that
\nI thought I loved
\nfar more that I didn’t<\/p>\n
I should go- I have to meet someone
\nBut yeah, I can stay for one drink
\nScotch, neat
\nPlease<\/p>\n
Of course- We aim to please
\nWaiter!
\nA beer for me, And the Lady’s drink
\nput it on my tab<\/p>\n
I spent a lot of time thinking
\nabout you and when you left-
\nWhy did you leave?
\nWasn’t I good enough for you?<\/p>\n
I had to leave
\nI had to find others that needed me-
\nYou understand of course.<\/p>\n
That candle’s glowing
\nbrighter now- Far brighter than I remember
\nIs that a tear in my eye?
\nPlease; why would I cry for him?<\/p>\n
SSShhhh-
\nIt’s ok-
\nDon’t make this any more difficult
\nfor me or you- this is how it has
\nto be now.<\/p>\n
Is that candle getting further away?
\nit’s so so pretty-Let me have
\na closer look leaning forward<\/p>\n
What have you done to me?
\nI didn’t want this-
\nyou can’t do this-
\nI’m meeting someone
\nI have to go
\nplease<\/p>\n
It’s ok-
\nI won’t leave you here
\nto do this alone-
\nI’m here-
\nslow, deep breaths<\/p>\n
No, no don’t struggle
\nthat’s not going to help
\nsshh, that’s it, calm calm<\/p>\n
glancing around for the first time
\nIt occurs to me that the entire
\nplace is deserted.
\neven the waiter that served our drinks
\nis gone<\/p>\n
would you like to lie down?
\nI can have a bed prepared
\nfor you in a moment.
\nno, don’t struggle<\/p>\n
Why?
\nThat’s all I want to know
\nis why
\njust answer me that one question<\/p>\n
This was the only way to get your
\nattention-
\nI’m sorry love
\nI truly am <\/p>\n
Helplessly I start to cry
\nI feel you kneeling in front of
\nme, taking my hand in yours
\nyour hand is so cold<\/p>\n
I see you-
\nI see you for who you really
\nare-
\nlost,scared, hurting, broken<\/p>\n
you made an admission that
\nyou wanted to die-
\nI am here to grant that wish
\nthough I don’t agree with it<\/p>\n
I don’t want to die-
\nPeople say that all the time
\nthey don’t always mean it though
\nI didn’t mean it!<\/p>\n
I can freeze this moment in time
\nBut it won’t change anything
\nyou’re going to die tonight<\/p>\n
How could this promising night
\nturn into something so dark?
\nHow could I have been so easily trapped…<\/p>\n
At this table for two?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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