STORY STARTER

Submitted by Olivia Pemberly

Write a story where a single act of kindness has a domino effect.

Still

It was you From the first time I saw you It was you From the first time you kissed me It was you From the first time you held me It was you When I looked into your eyes When I held your hand When I traced your lips It was always you Even when life seemed uncertain Even when my world was crashing down For me, It was always you Even when we ended I tried to ignore it But it was still you When I moved on It was still you When I got engaged It was still you When I ended my relationships It was still you Even when you got married It was still you Even when you had a son It was still you I don’t know how For it to not be you Now listen to me closely I don’t want you to be confused I don’t need anyone I will not fall apart On my own I do not need you In order to survive I am not still in love with you But I have a deep love for you I always will That won’t go away So when I say It’s still you I mean it could only be you I have no desire To try and fall in love With some stranger I haven’t met I have no desire To try and care for a new person In that same way So it’s still you Ten years in the future It will still be you If you get married again It will still be you If you have another child It will still be you I don’t know how To make it not be you I’m afraid You could be gone from this earth And it would still only be you That I could ever imagine myself with And I know this is more a one way street This certainly isn’t how you feel But what kind of person am I If I don’t tell you How I feel How I’ve always felt It’s terrifying To put those thought into words But the only thing more terrifying than that Is not telling you Having to keep that inside Forever My silent thoughts will haunt me Until I set them free And letting you know Might kill me But I’d rather die all at once Than slowly over the years I’d rather tell you now It’s you It’s always been you It will always be you And I don’t know how To exist without it being you
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