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I slipped and you caught me. You're holding on to me so tight. You have both of my hands in yours. Im hanging off the edge of a cliff and I'm trusting you to pull me up. But you don't. You tied rope around my wrists as I stared into your eyes but I saw nobody there in you. My wrists are burning and I'm too scared to move for if I do I might fall into an abyss. So I stay. I have no choice. You left for days. You would come back to check on me. To make sure I was still alive. As long as I'm breathing, I'm yours. Weeks went by and I realized I'd rather die than be yours. So I let go.
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Nov 8, 2015
Nov 8, 2015 at 12:49 AM UTC
Cliff Hanger
I slipped and you caught me. You're holding on to me so tight. You have both of my hands in yours. Im hanging off the edge of a cliff and I'm trusting you to pull me up. But you don't. You tied rope around my wrists as I stared into your eyes but I saw nobody there in you. My wrists are burning and I'm too scared to move for if I do I might fall into an abyss. So I stay. I have no choice. You left for days. You would come back to check on me. To make sure I was still alive. As long as I'm breathing, I'm yours. Weeks went by and I realized I'd rather die than be yours. So I let go.
In that moment, I saved myself.
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Nov 8, 2015
Nov 8, 2015 at 12:49 AM UTC
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