The Need

I’d spare you a blade, if you ever found the need
I’d let you retreat to the darkest place to be
I’d help you slip quietly away and go peacefully
I would do these things
If you ever found the need to want to breathe

Author's Note

i wrote this about 4 years. one of my best friends at the time asked me "if i tried to kill myself, would you let me?" and i said 'yes.' i was in a bad head space at the time and i knew what it was like to want to leave and be forced to say, so my best answer was yeah, i'd let her go.