Stay With Me

“Stay with me? …just for awhile, please.” She whispered to the boy who lied beside her in a bed much too big for her alone.

“You know-” he started.

“I know it means nothing to you. I am just another girl on your list that you take such pride in…I know it’s not love. I’m not asking you to love me, but, darling, just keep me company for a moment. Remind me of a warmth that comes from the most innocent form of intimacy.”

He sighed, taking her into his arms, and allowing her body to remind him of the girl who he once held the same way, a girl who he actually loved before he shut himself off from feeling such an emotion.

“Are you thinking about him?” He asked her.

She softly let out a breath of air as she tangled her fingers with his.

“Just as much as you’re thinking about her.”

— Inspired by Stay With Me by Sam Smith