Please

This silence is deafening
Between you and I
I feel I need to scream
Because I can feel myself die

Holding on to nothing
Is one thing I fear
Afraid of you letting go
Can reduce me to tears

I'll hold my breath
Hoping you'll see the pain
If only you'll look into my eyes again
Let me be apart of you and there remain

Please don't let me go
Please don't break my heart
I couldn't bear to be without you
Please don't let me crumble apart

Tell me your life
Let me in
Don't push me away
Into a lonely world with air so thin

Tell me all the truth in the world
Let me be your one and only best friend
Please love me and don't lie to me
Please don't let this come to a bitter end

---Amy R. Dubuque

**Dedicated to Stephanie Ortiz**