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5 Seconds

by Carson Shmyr

on Breathe (2020), Requiem (2021)

My five seconds weren't of fame
My five seconds happened on November 25th, 2017
On the bathroom floor with a bottle of pills and a choice to go or stay

I chose to go and my five seconds almost never came and then I thought of her, my little sister and how she smiled at me that very same day and how in just Five seconds I could make her entire life be ripped away

How in just five seconds I could take her big brother away and so I had a choice to make, to pick up the phone and call for help or to let my last five seconds fade away

Because we only have 5 seconds to choose to go or to stay