THE FOOL. - Hope Is a Cruel Thing

And in the evening,282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk7GKaVwEEb
as the sun dipped behind the same skies that once held our shared laughter,282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjHCvoZqA3q
her message came.

"I don’t know how to feel,282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDHsraN9Oob
’Cause I only ever saw you as a very good friend.282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA0kBNMTZzw
I felt betrayed.
Lastly, just know that there’s always a part in me that will remember you as a very good friend.282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIOyzyLMQXT
I really hope you find peace.”

I knew this would be the answer.282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa0eInu8t7x
Somewhere deep down, I always did.

But hearing it—282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMXQVU6gFc4
from her lips, in her voice,282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaQAD6Q5MM6
in words carved softly but with finality—282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9fk5Y3P2kp
it still broke me.

I cried that night.

Not the first time.282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡByLvYONc6h
Not the loudest.282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpMK5uFLbGA
But maybe the most honest.

Because I said what I wanted to say...282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe9iVbAVbZt
and heard what I never wanted to.

But maybe that’s what closure looks like—282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4XqXUTXRVf
Not peace. Just an ending.

It’s for the best, right?

Now, she won’t be uncomfortable around me.282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNNjBhF9nNO
Because I won’t be around.

The friend I met,282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQTFitEZ04V
the friendship I nurtured,282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnbQfNpnnqB
the girl I trusted like no one else...

It ended.

So beautifully,282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLvoloItJU6
so gently,282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0I7RX8xe5I
that she could forget it without pain.

And I’ll make it easy.282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsqqOF2avIT
I’ll vanish with grace.282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡck0KrrDBd8
Because I trust her—282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4LarqfYVzZ
even now—282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKwmeGnl7sE
to let go.

And at last, I understand something cruel:

Promises never meant as much as love.282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY3RbTTyhr3
And when love left,282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ZyeXIlkWl
promises shattered like glass too fragile to hold weight.

All those “forevers” we whispered?282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKiQvVW29kB
They were only meant to last as long as we stayed close.

And the worst of it all?

Hope.
Hope is the cruelest thing.282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlCz2naCYAP
It keeps you warm just enough to survive the cold,282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkpClfngpsR
but not enough to escape it.282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW98IiTLGE6
It lingers.282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡriy0zPEdS2
It tricks.282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEaFYuSgn9S
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.282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2x22ebZdUB
Such a fool I am.282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcMgNDlDFok

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