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and his eyes closed
and he knew he was going to die
but he just smiled
because death seemed like bliss
compared to what his life was like
but then he woke up
and saw a beautiful face
and thought living was okay
but the face he saw
was one he would never forget
it was branded in his brain
and he would remember the man who saved him
and he would want to repay him
so when they met one day
he walked up to the man
and told him thank you
the man was surprised
but said it was no problem
though the boy insisted that he was indebted to him
so the man took him home, made him dinner
but never realized he was putting the boy
in a deeper debt
and so deep that the debt ran
that the only way to repay him
was by a kiss
by a smile only for him
by a look just for him
and this was how the boy repaid him
by loving him
until it was too much
and he became infatuated
and dug his own grave
just because of one man
he lived because of that man
and now he was going to die because of that man
his love ran too deep
so one morning he saw the man walking
and decided to walk alongside him
the man never minded
and so they walked
until they were crossing the street
and a car came barreling towards them
the boy pushed the man out of the way
but wasn't so lucky
as he was hit
and was suffering injuries
that no one could fix
and so he would die
in just mere minutes
when the man realized
that his savior
was just a boy
and he was going to die
because of him
and so he said to the boy
who only had seconds left
so
this
is
how
the
world
ends
not
with
a
bang
but
with
a
whimper
and the boy smiled
and said those three words one more time
before his eyes closed
for eternity
and they put him in a wooden box
six feet under the ground
and on his gravestone
the man had those words
along with the three words
he had always
neglected to say
and he cried for hours
on the ground
blaming himself for the death
of the one person he loved
and the one person
who
loved
him