forever — Summary

LillithRomantic

I don't like this world.

But if living will make you happy, Then I will live for you, Forever.

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Right away, the speaker admits something blunt: "I don't like this world." There's no explanation and no decoration, just a flat statement of unhappiness. Then the poem turns. The speaker says that if staying alive makes someone else happy, they will keep living for that person, "forever."

What stands out is how the speaker's reason for living shifts away from themselves. They don't say the world has become better or that they've found hope. Instead, their life becomes a gift to someone they care about. That can read as deeply loving, but also as sad, because the speaker seems to have little else holding them here. The promise is tender and heavy at once.

The mood is quiet, tired, and sincere. The short opening line followed by the indented, stepping-down lines on the page make it feel like a hesitant confession, almost whispered. The final word, set apart and far to the right, sounds like both a vow and a burden.

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