
And in the evening,77Please respect copyright.PENANAykMYpXLWXk
as the sun dipped behind the same skies that once held our shared laughter,77Please respect copyright.PENANAnU4BfIV1Fq
her message came.
"I don’t know how to feel,77Please respect copyright.PENANAmX6LXsQEWM
’Cause I only ever saw you as a very good friend.77Please respect copyright.PENANAQKmbiLS2WV
I felt betrayed.Lastly, just know that there’s always a part in me that will remember you as a very good friend.77Please respect copyright.PENANAXsw6SLREPc
I really hope you find peace.”
I knew this would be the answer.77Please respect copyright.PENANAXuII8Ae3kA
Somewhere deep down, I always did.
But hearing it—77Please respect copyright.PENANA1QQdQUH0EB
from her lips, in her voice,77Please respect copyright.PENANAcS4ks8ElEL
in words carved softly but with finality—77Please respect copyright.PENANAVmeaLeDGff
it still broke me.
I cried that night.
Not the first time.77Please respect copyright.PENANAbaFimWKpT0
Not the loudest.77Please respect copyright.PENANA5VFJFTtL8M
But maybe the most honest.
Because I said what I wanted to say...77Please respect copyright.PENANAlvCCfTvvpf
and heard what I never wanted to.
But maybe that’s what closure looks like—77Please respect copyright.PENANAbvJYhw4hI0
Not peace. Just an ending.
It’s for the best, right?
Now, she won’t be uncomfortable around me.77Please respect copyright.PENANAnsdv9vhRmx
Because I won’t be around.
The friend I met,77Please respect copyright.PENANArfLjye7juD
the friendship I nurtured,77Please respect copyright.PENANAYkWNQ2PCdM
the girl I trusted like no one else...
It ended.
So beautifully,77Please respect copyright.PENANA6JdqEQGV4p
so gently,77Please respect copyright.PENANAcZ0zJmjseO
that she could forget it without pain.
And I’ll make it easy.77Please respect copyright.PENANA3mLH965Jaf
I’ll vanish with grace.77Please respect copyright.PENANAnb9u5TxXjj
Because I trust her—77Please respect copyright.PENANA0oQBDK9Eil
even now—77Please respect copyright.PENANAAv9CoNZ9Xc
to let go.
And at last, I understand something cruel:
Promises never meant as much as love.77Please respect copyright.PENANAy3lBrt4YRq
And when love left,77Please respect copyright.PENANAc3AkkjY51m
promises shattered like glass too fragile to hold weight.
All those “forevers” we whispered?77Please respect copyright.PENANANCTnFh9kPR
They were only meant to last as long as we stayed close.
And the worst of it all?
Hope.
Hope is the cruelest thing.77Please respect copyright.PENANAmgbWSmk5Ke
It keeps you warm just enough to survive the cold,77Please respect copyright.PENANAPLp0B6s4td
but not enough to escape it.77Please respect copyright.PENANA3RAzEn76CC
It lingers.77Please respect copyright.PENANAxMaymDVq7Y
It tricks.77Please respect copyright.PENANAY4SBAjG93z
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.77Please respect copyright.PENANAPIYS3RmaxI
Such a fool I am.77Please respect copyright.PENANAiiAasicurF