Stay

You’ve given me life, you’ve given me hope,

in ways I’ve only dreamed.

You’ve given me new ways to cope

with the sorrowful way life seemed.

And yet as you have given me life, you’ve taken it too,

Because while you give me all that I need,

I find I can only dwell on you.

I beg you stay, I kneel and plead.

You leaving has left a mark, I was dead before I met you,

and now that I’m living,

despite all you’ve given,

There is so much more we could do.

I was saved before and I save myself now,

for only you in existence,

and if you say that you cannot vow,

I know I must remain persistent.

Because, my love, you are my life,

And if you leave, I have only a knife.