Entry 20: やめて Stop

「This damning feeling,

do you carry it inside?

Why do you do this?

Your presence etched in my mind,

I can never let you go.」

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"Asami!" Her lifeless body, laying

limp in the playground inner tube.

Her skirt was torn, her worn sweater

marred in dirt, laid in tatters.

"Asami!" I felt a sense of frantic

anxiety. No response. I felt her pulse.

She was alive. Her breath was rough,

shallow. She was barely holding on.

Bruises covered her face. I could see

the faint tear streaks on her face.

Something in me seemed to have snapped.

I gently picked her up. We're going home.