Brave Enough

by PeachDestroyer

"In past, present, and future, I love you."/She loved a boy doomed to die. He loved a girl for whom he should have never fallen. She could heal him. He could strengthen her. They could be each other's anchor in their seas of tears, lies, and death. But a wall keeps separating them, and, slowly, they are losing each other in the wide sea of their hearts.

2. Track 2: Brave Enough (Ciel)

Track 2:

Brave Enough

(Ciel)

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"Vulnerability is not a sign of weakness, it is a manifestation of strength."

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When everyone had left me, you had held on to me.

And no matter how grey the days were, how rude and aloof I behaved around you, you kept on holding on to me, kept on smiling at me.

No matter what happened, we would dance hand in hand. But now, you were gone, and we only danced on our own.

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You had been by my side for all those years – every time I needed time to forget, every time I needed to pause and rest.

And only now that you were gone, I realised what I had done to you.

All those years, I had seen you smiling, had never bothered asking. Asking how you truly felt inside.

All those years, I had received, had never given. Given the love you deserved.

All those years, you had held my hand, but I had never held yours.

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In my heart, I had always cherished all the moments we had – all the memories we shared.

All our dances, all our games, all our quarrels, and our laughter. And I did not let go of them, did not want them to come to an end so soon.

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But I wasn't your radiance, was only wearing a mask. It wasn't me whom you needed. It wasn't me for whom you cried. It wasn't me for whom you smiled.

And, still, part of me had wished and hoped, silently and secretly, that you had fallen for me just like I had fallen for you and not for the mask I wore.

All was a lie – and I was sorry for doing all that to you.

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Would you still be here if I had told you how much you meant to me, I wondered?

I wondered and wondered with every second you were gone – would it have made a difference if I had told you all about my lies?

If I had been brave enough to tear down my mask?

But I had never been brave, had always been a weakling, a coward.

And now, it was too late.

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You had let go of me – what would happen to me if I let go of you?

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Behind my mask, I had always been scared – for what would come if everyone left me for once and for all.

And I wished and wished that I had truly been brave.

That I could once be brave in my time on Earth.

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