Stay

We were happy once

You and I

We would lie in bed

And you would hold me

You'd whisper into my ear

And tell me to stay

I would say goodnight

And you would tell me to stay

I would say I love you

And you would tell me to stay

Now we are not happy

And tear drops roll

From sunken cheeks

You're angry now

And there are no words to calm you

So we fight and argue

You tell me

To let you talk

"Shut your mouth

And just listen"

I listen for a long time

Before I know what's happening

A word begins to slip

Desperate pleas begin to spill

From behind closed lips

Stay

I want to say

Please

Tell me how to make you stay

But you shush me before I can speak

After a while

Of listening to you tell me

All of the ways in which I was wrong

You tell me to talk

Speak

Say something

Anything at all

You won't stay for me

If silence is all I can give you

I want to scream out

To tell you that I love you

But how can I speak

When I'm scared to say anything

Anything at all

I begin to cry

Because all that can escape my lips

Are soft whimpers

Of desperate pleas

From behind closed lips

I will always remember

The word I was too scared to say

Stay