she sat alone, fallen.

with nothing.
everything had been taken away from her.

and yet...
she was not empty.
she was not broken.

she started to get up onto her feet.

why do you still stand?

she began to smile.

how can you smile?

what could she tell him? he wouldn't understand.

no matter what happened to her, she would still stand, she would still smile.
she would never have nothing.

because someone had once made a promise to her.

and it was everything.

because to that promise clung hope.

and hope was all that she needed.


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because I sleep too much
or not enough