“Would you be angry if I died?”

“I wouldn’t know how to deal with myself.”

“Would you be sad, then, if I died?”

“I’d be able to bear it if it were anyone else.”

“What would you do if I ceased to be?”

“I’d have to come get you, Eurydice.

I’d dive deep in the Underworld,

And beg Hades to set you free.”

“But Orpheus failed;

He didn’t wait long enough.”

“Then I’ll learn from his mistake,

And be patient in the rough.”

“What if I don’t want you to save me?

What if I want to stay where I am?

What if I’m ready to leave-

Ready to let go of your hand?”

“How can a person live without a heart,

Or breathe with no lungs?

How would I even speak if you left?

Even if I had ten thousand tongues?”

“I’ve stayed alive for you,

For so many years.”

“That’s what we do- stay alive for each other;

We bear the bad weather until the fog clears.”

“Is it not my right to choose life or death?”

“It is any human’s right give up their breath.”

“So let me go, my love.

Why do you hold me so?

“I need you here with me,

I need you the most.”

“You’ll be okay while I’m gone.

You’ll find another to cherish.

Things will be alright

Until you also perish.

We’ll see each other again,

That I guarantee,

And as you wait for the time to come,”

“I love you.”

“Just breathe.”