you know how a cookie crumbles.

you take a bite. and no matter how careful you may be. no matter how gentle your pearly whites may cut through the cookie.. there will always, always be bits of crumbles falling from it.

it was just like us.

no matter what i do, something falls off.

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"okay.." was the last word i heard myself saying.
i hang-up the phone. numb.

okay. It has always been, "okay.."

i tried. and maybe much more than he said he did. i gave my best.
i didn't give up.

i didn't give up, til he told me to.