"Rise!" Said the Boy to his Lover,

"Darling, get up. I've brought you my love, and brought it far!"

"Leave!" Said the Girl to her lover,

"I've given in. If love is a bridge, we built it wrong!"

Curb your anger, still your fist.

You held my hand but you were too afraid to speak,

You were too afraid to speak & i could never understand.

I remember when you lean in quick to kiss me,

I swear not a single force on Earth could stop the trembling in my hand.

I remember how you smiled in a crowded little coffeehouse,

and laughed at all my jokes.

I still remember the way that you dressed,

How you wasted all the best of us in alcohol and sweat.

And I remember when I knew that you'd be leaving,

how I barely kept up breathing.

I remember how we held so strong to this,

Though we had never really settled on a way out.

I've been alone here,

I've been afraid my dear.