By sassy
Date: 2005 Oct 03
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Stay

Once you said
that the most powerful word in the
english language, for you, was not "love"
but "stay".  
You thought that love was overused
and misused and had therefore
lost its punch.
"Love" can be traded as currency
for money, compromise or sex
but people only say "stay"
when they really want you around.

I have said I love you to you
countless times, in as many ways
as I could come up with,
and I meant it, every time.
But today, I think you are right,
because even as I say this to you
my heart hurts and my hope hinges
on the words:
please, stay.