This poem is inspired by lyrics from the song “Piece of a Puzzle” by Changbin and Seungmin of Stray Kids.

Don’t let it fall apart…

Everything about me

Needs to be

Remembered,

Please don’t forget me…

If even a single thing

Is forgotten,

Nothing

Will be remembered.

Don’t let it fall apart…

All the love

I’ve given you,

Please

Keep it by your side.

I’m like a puzzle,

Just waiting for someone

To put my pieces together…

Though,

If all my pieces

Disappear…

What will remain after?

Will anything remain after?

Whenever

I lose them

One by one,

Will you bring them

Back to me

Two by two?

Whenever

Each one leaves,

Will you

Be the piece

To make me whole?

Without the last piece

Of my puzzle.

The anxious, empty space

Grows bigger

Forevermore.

Me in the studio,

Me on the stage,

One person’s body,

But the effort of three.

All the sweat and tears

I’ve shed over the years,

All the youth I gave up

To grow up,

I hope it all doesn’t get

Thrown away

Or kicked to the curb.

A puzzle isn’t

Complete

Without all of its

Pieces,

So even if you’re

The tear-soaked piece

Among numerous other

Scattered puzzle pieces,

I’ll come find you,

Even during a dark night,

Even when there’s no light,

Because you might be hiding

Somewhere

In my dreams.

As I hold your hand

In my hand,

As I hold you

In my arms,

Sometimes,

I cut my hand

On your jagged edges.

You may be a sharp piece,

But I don’t mind

The sharp piece.

Don’t fade away,

Don’t fade away…

The moments that

I’ve created

For you

With you…

Don’t let them fade away,

Don’t let them fade away…

Please

Keep them

By your side

Throughout this journey

Throughout this wild ride.

In front of

Cold-hearted you,

To your questions,

I answer with even more

Cold-hearted determination,

So that even though

I become nothing,

You may

Become something.

I try to seem

Icy and cold

As I repeat

To freeze, crack, and melt

In front of you,

The coldest flame.

I’m here so that

It doesn’t become

Nothing,

Like me.

You shut me down

And I pretend that

Everything’s fine,

And although

Nothing’s fine,

I stand before you

Again.

For as long as you exist,

For as long as you resist,

I will keep trying,

For you are a piece of

Of my puzzle.

It’s ok,

It’s ok,

I promise

It’s ok

To hurt

A little,

Let out

Your tears,

I’ll hold you

For years.

That pain you’re feeling?

Embrace it,

It’ll leave soon enough,

Embrace it,

Love heals wounds,

Endure it,

Hold on with hope.

When I’m piecing together

My puzzle,

I hope to keep even the painful memories,

The sharp, jagged pieces,

So that I can be

A little prouder

After creating a masterpiece.

I’ll come find you

Again and again,

Even in a dark night,

I’ll still fight

For you.

Even in my sleep,

I’ll look for you,

Because you might be

Hiding from me

Somewhere in my dreams,

Maybe,

You are my dream.

As I hold you

Tightly,

Your soul shines

Brightly,

And your hand

Lands in mine.

Sometimes,

In lieu of all the light,

I cut my hand

On your jagged edges,

Though it’s worth

All the pain in the world

To be with you.

It hurts

To be cut so deep,

But I don’t mind

The sharp piece.

Don’t fade away,

Don’t fade away…

The moments that

I’ve created

For you,

Don’t throw them away.

Don’t let them fade away,

Don’t let them go away.

Please,

Keep them,

Whether it’s

By your side

Or in your heart.

Don’t let it fall apart…

Everything about me

Is slowly changing,

My pieces are fading away,

One by one, day by day.

You are my final piece,

If soon someday,

I fade away,

And all my pieces

Wander astray,

You hold the final piece of me

Within you,

So please keep it by your side.

Don’t let it fall apart…

If even a single thing

About us changes,

I’m hoping

Nothing will fade.

Please…

Don’t forget me.

I must’ve been afraid

That the tower of memories

I built

Will just end up as dirt

As time goes by…

Sometimes,

I even hesitate to

To smile brightly…

I act brightly and shine

Sparingly,

Because I’m afraid

That the batteries

Of the bright light

Just might

Run out.

Somehow,

I still know that you,

Who keeps wearing me out

With your reluctance,

Will fill my up in the end

With your hidden warmth.

Somehow,

I still know that it won’t hurt

Even if I hold you

Tightly in my hand,

I trust that you

Will not cut me,

You’ll see me through,

Keep me until the end.

With you,

I feel that it won’t hurt

When I start to fade away.

Don’t fade away,

Don’t fade away…

Don’t leave me

Anymore,

No, no, no,

I can’t take another

Heartbreak

Or loss…

Don’t fade away,

Don’t go away…

If you must,

I give you my soul

To take with you.

All I ask

Is please keep it

By your side.