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And in the evening,33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWkoaS4skph
as the sun dipped behind the same skies that once held our shared laughter,33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk5eyfVt3BN
her message came.
"I don’t know how to feel,33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZmbwjoqZOM
’Cause I only ever saw you as a very good friend.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcjz6YihghD
I felt betrayed.Lastly, just know that there’s always a part in me that will remember you as a very good friend.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5mBGH3sybh
I really hope you find peace.”
I knew this would be the answer.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOXLpmv6yAg
Somewhere deep down, I always did.
But hearing it—33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgMgP0JaEBs
from her lips, in her voice,33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzY4a0bIQcb
in words carved softly but with finality—33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt5bmnrDSTW
it still broke me.
I cried that night.
Not the first time.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwnnGOGcy9Y
Not the loudest.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZjELnFFkgK
But maybe the most honest.
Because I said what I wanted to say...33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoQwFBSChCN
and heard what I never wanted to.
But maybe that’s what closure looks like—33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4hV0S2hvw
Not peace. Just an ending.
It’s for the best, right?
Now, she won’t be uncomfortable around me.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1sxvXwMPL
Because I won’t be around.
The friend I met,33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsOc0wh6gWp
the friendship I nurtured,33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfPb9Rvm4eU
the girl I trusted like no one else...
It ended.
So beautifully,33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiJG3hxKxBe
so gently,33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3UysUMYF9M
that she could forget it without pain.
And I’ll make it easy.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd7ETe8hC0f
I’ll vanish with grace.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmUVL3JrZJS
Because I trust her—33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ332bp31P0A
even now—33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡldzQgcBBfg
to let go.
And at last, I understand something cruel:
Promises never meant as much as love.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcPxwTjspYb
And when love left,33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyQJnRjb1ZO
promises shattered like glass too fragile to hold weight.
All those “forevers” we whispered?33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ82KmoJOv2J
They were only meant to last as long as we stayed close.
And the worst of it all?
Hope.
Hope is the cruelest thing.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8BzAf5rYI3
It keeps you warm just enough to survive the cold,33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGzQT6OgKDv
but not enough to escape it.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSZ4z1RcuoE
It lingers.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaMOs4pizfw
It tricks.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYk4ou4Wh2A
It hurts.
But it's also all we’re left with in the end.
So I hold onto it one last time.
Not to get her back.
But to believe I’ll survive losing her.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYUXcj6dKjB
Such a fool I am.33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRrjfCjOf8m
