needing & getting

it becomes increasingly more difficult not to convince myself that things fall together only to fall apart. please, let me hold onto you just a little bit longer. how do i stop it all from slipping between my fingers? i build the sandcastles, and the waves pull them into the sea. how do i keep a grip on something as weak and precious as you or you? tell me, how do i make this stop hurting? how do i make things stay? how do i make them come back? i am standing at the cliff’s edge, watching the waves fall away from the shore only to return again.