Can you please stay with me?
- Just One day

the night is cold.

freezing.

and still i wait, a thin blanket draped flimsily around my shoulder.

i'm shivering, the sound of my teeth clattering audible over the pathetic hum of the second-hand heater.

my breath comes out in wispy clouds.

i don't feel anything.

i don't feel the goosebumps erupting across my skin.

i don't feel the blanket slipping from my lanky frame, snaking into scabby heap on the floor.

i feel the ache of my heart though.

i feel the pain of the distressed organ, my stomach a mess of contorted muscles that squeeze with anguish.

i feel the salty liquid that slithers down my cheeks,  pooling at my chapped lips.

as usual, you never return.

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Filler af