I dare you to love me when I have nothing left no warm laughter, no more promises, only the echo of who I tried to be. I dare you to love me like a last breath, held, trembling, meant to be released, but too sacred to let go. Can love still be found In the pieces of me I buried In the prayers I never said aloud In the tragedy we were bound. I dare you to stay when I flinch from your kindness, when your gaze feels like mercy I was never meant to deserve. And if one day you find no trace of me left like I always feared, Just remember you were the only one Who ever got close enough to make me wish I could stay And that was enough to make this lonely life feel a little less like exile.