said the person, who survived on self-preservation because they'd been taught to put themselves first, since life never gave them a reason to love anyone else and never gave them someone who would love them, and would never consider hurting themselves for anybody: "i would die for you."

said the person, who would never be able to live with themselves if they valued themselves more than other people, who felt sickened by guilt by even saying the wrong thing to someone they didn't even know: "i would kill for you."

said the person, who woke up every day and wished they hadn't, who stared at the cars racing past them on the road and wanted to step out before them, whose life was stuck together with cheap tape and bad glue and they couldn't find all the pieces to hold it together: "i would stay alive for you."

and each knew in that moment that you were worth all the stars in the sky, and you knew in that moment that someone thought you held those stars in your eyes.