It’s a raindrop in the ocean when you leave. Tears fall the same way you left; thinking about it sends chills to the back of our spines. Holding on hurts the same way as letting go. ‘I love you’ is not enough when there’s no time, please stay a minute more.

It’s those unsaid thoughts and emotions that pull us together. Physically we push each further and further, although at the same time we notice the bond, the bond that brings us closer, but uncertainty separates us — please stay a minute more.

It’s hard to say how I feel. You look at me like you know how I feel because it’s also hard for you to say how you feel. It hits when it’s time to leave because it sinks in that we both want to stay.

Now it’s over and we are free, please stay a minute more.

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