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You insist

and you are angry.

But they plead 

with their

eyes.

You choke 

and try to

hide it.

They see it

and care for

you.

But they are 

beginning to

choke too.

Beginning to fade.

All because you are

letting the candle burn

for the one

who left you.

Rather than blow it out and

stop the smoke

for them.

The ones that would 

stay faithfully.

Hold your hand

in the dark

until the worst was over.