Here I'll Stay

I wanted to give up.

I wanted to give into the hurt and not look back.

I wanted to let my demons win and succumb to the pain.

I didn’t want to live because leaving would be easier than dealing with it all.

But leaving wasn’t an option. Not when my best friends held onto me for dear life, and not when my heart had found one more person to beat for.

I was going to fight. I was going to love.

I was Daysie Flores and I was going to find every reason in the world to live—to stay.