I was one fear closer to here
lost in a night too dark for sleeping
was it me on the ledge        or was it you
whispering
                                do
not give up too soon
do not give up 
too soon                                                                                                                                                                                           
when I am
breaking            
I am a fool
where do I stand
I am a piece of
stone mixed in 
with all this sand
yet full of proof
of what died         with you
                why
did you bring me here to my cyclone second
when rage engulfs this bridge from earth to
heaven                     
cinder through and through                                                                                                                                                                                           
you ask too much                               you do
for one whisper like the hint of water splashed on embers
for one storybook of dreams with its message tethered  
to the fading metal moon             
the sun  it can  be cruel
now that I gave too much                 too soon                                                                                                
                                                Is
this your plan   
is this your one     
your great              
your smoky last demand   
or
my intention
my blue-flame doom
because
burned across my heart your forgotten
message
the language lost in time with the words
rewritten
resuscitate the girl she is out of
breathing
collapsed under the hope she could not
believe in 
the soot was in her eyes she could only cry
was this my one great truth
did I give up
                too soon?
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