Riley from Prescribed Burn by cuni

dear riley,
i am alive.
i’ve been making things work
with the weapons that i find.
i’ve been resting.
i’ve taken time.
and i just want you to know.

dear riley,
i’m not a wraith.
it’s been a month since i had called,
since you smashed the early grave
and held my hands
as they trembled from the thought
of disconnecting, severed endings,
you spoke and then they stopped.

dear riley,
how many lives have you saved?
am i a distant memory,
or do you still need my name?
your voice
is getting harder to recall.
you’re a stranger but i know that you had
cared enough to catch my fall.

i just wanted you to say,
“i want you alive”.
and you smiled and wanted me to say,
“i want to survive”.

i just wanted you to say,
“i want you alive”.
and you smiled and wanted me to say,
“i want to survive”.

well i want to survive.
yeah i want to survive.
i want to survive.
well i want to survive.

• Alternative
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