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Killing Calvin
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2021-07-13
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You... really just want to die.
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Lethe, why?
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Who convinced you, solitary,
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you don't deserve a happy life?
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I think,
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above all,
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what you really need
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is to know for sure
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that you're safe
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and loved
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and the world will keep turning,
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the fire inside will keep burning,
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even if there's no sense of solace up above.
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I do not mean for you to be sad forever.
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If it means you must forget my name
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and fall for another lover,
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then so be it:
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I will not make myself
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an altar to your pain.
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If we have to go
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our own
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separate ways,
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then so be it.
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It'll hurt,
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but all wounds heal
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given enough turns
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of time's ceaseless wheel.
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But I hope you stay.
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So if you decide to wait
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out your soul's desperate dark hours,
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please know: a song can't change the world overnight,
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but it can keep a flickering flame alive.
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You kept shining the light inside
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through my darkest year.
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So let me dry your tears;
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let it be my turn
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to save your life.
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***
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CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (c) Vane Vander
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