
And in the evening,65Please respect copyright.PENANAVmja6hxAUj
as the sun dipped behind the same skies that once held our shared laughter,65Please respect copyright.PENANAbHyM9RH2aj
her message came.
"I don’t know how to feel,65Please respect copyright.PENANAGCNqwn2ef6
’Cause I only ever saw you as a very good friend.65Please respect copyright.PENANAFYc3n5mecr
I felt betrayed.Lastly, just know that there’s always a part in me that will remember you as a very good friend.65Please respect copyright.PENANA1rkiDIlgmY
I really hope you find peace.”
I knew this would be the answer.65Please respect copyright.PENANALcAwlVRvSl
Somewhere deep down, I always did.
But hearing it—65Please respect copyright.PENANA7wJFH6mVUz
from her lips, in her voice,65Please respect copyright.PENANAySpc8R4Ynk
in words carved softly but with finality—65Please respect copyright.PENANAZ9ppeZ0QBm
it still broke me.
I cried that night.
Not the first time.65Please respect copyright.PENANANLp6f2A30E
Not the loudest.65Please respect copyright.PENANA6YvqzXPnov
But maybe the most honest.
Because I said what I wanted to say...65Please respect copyright.PENANA47lkV0PM95
and heard what I never wanted to.
But maybe that’s what closure looks like—65Please respect copyright.PENANA7CKPHgyrWA
Not peace. Just an ending.
It’s for the best, right?
Now, she won’t be uncomfortable around me.65Please respect copyright.PENANAq7AOTxHtOi
Because I won’t be around.
The friend I met,65Please respect copyright.PENANA92J7206FZu
the friendship I nurtured,65Please respect copyright.PENANA4i3vlGh3na
the girl I trusted like no one else...
It ended.
So beautifully,65Please respect copyright.PENANAOC2qlkUw4e
so gently,65Please respect copyright.PENANAY123txtOwM
that she could forget it without pain.
And I’ll make it easy.65Please respect copyright.PENANAuJclm5nf9K
I’ll vanish with grace.65Please respect copyright.PENANA95azdPHGs6
Because I trust her—65Please respect copyright.PENANAyKAdcsoiXH
even now—65Please respect copyright.PENANAZoqd6gmD08
to let go.
And at last, I understand something cruel:
Promises never meant as much as love.65Please respect copyright.PENANAT7ONqu1HQg
And when love left,65Please respect copyright.PENANAlWDunILyAP
promises shattered like glass too fragile to hold weight.
All those “forevers” we whispered?65Please respect copyright.PENANAujIcjWjhz0
They were only meant to last as long as we stayed close.
And the worst of it all?
Hope.
Hope is the cruelest thing.65Please respect copyright.PENANASx4qrM5TvK
It keeps you warm just enough to survive the cold,65Please respect copyright.PENANAyElqoq54UE
but not enough to escape it.65Please respect copyright.PENANAjm6kPQ1N8w
It lingers.65Please respect copyright.PENANAuAUWVfNLoe
It tricks.65Please respect copyright.PENANAgZjmvARZNy
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.65Please respect copyright.PENANAf27isxcwF8
Such a fool I am.65Please respect copyright.PENANAuRCgrdNbzc