Please stay for awhile
and set me free,
because everyone else leaves
like I was only ever a place
they passed through,
never a reason to stop.
Please stay for awhile.
I am tired of learning how to disappear
before someone else teaches me.
Stay,
and call that freedom.
Jan 21
Jan 21, 2026 at 10:08 PM UTC
Please stay for awhile
and set me free,
because everyone else leaves
like I was only ever a place
they passed through,
never a reason to stop.
Please stay for awhile.
I am tired of learning how to disappear
before someone else teaches me.
Stay,
and call that freedom.
This poem sits in that space between loneliness and hope, where wanting connection feels both necessary and dangerous.
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