i thought if i kept you awake long enough
   the morning wouldn't come to steal you from me.
but, alas, the stars closed your eyelids and
   your breath became heavy.
i watched you a while before falling also.
the cruel shriek of the alarm clock and
   the burning blades of sunshine
   cut through my heart
 
   just like your plane ticket.
i watched you go
     and i am bound in chains and can't
 
        follow