Page 165 of Pierce Me

And

Yet

I

Stay.

And yet I stay.

So you don’t want to stay.

And yet I stay.

I’ll give you another thought

Although you don’t need it

But just in case you might:

(Count on your fingers as I speak)

(You’ll be left with none)

If you leave

My friend, if you quit

It hurts all of us who fight to stay.

I won’t ask you to stay for all of us

(I told you I wouldn’t give you a reason to stay)

But I’ll remind you that there are more people

Out there, more than you can imagine

Fighting the same fight as you.

When you stay, you stay for all of us. With all of us.

When you quit, you quit for all of us. With all of us.

The monster rises every morning, hungry for our blood.

I know. I told you I know. You know I know.

The monster rises every morning,

drenched in your blood from a previous fight.

But. You can rise too every morning.

Some mornings you can fight.

Others you can just stay.

Either way, you win.

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