THE FOOL. - Hope Is a Cruel Thing

And in the evening,250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsOHKw1Sh1D
as the sun dipped behind the same skies that once held our shared laughter,250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡasqqNkvSEN
her message came.

"I don’t know how to feel,250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCbWl30yNfY
’Cause I only ever saw you as a very good friend.250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡszoWHzhThC
I felt betrayed.
Lastly, just know that there’s always a part in me that will remember you as a very good friend.250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0d9D9WVP95
I really hope you find peace.”

I knew this would be the answer.250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCMG0xbnrrO
Somewhere deep down, I always did.

But hearing it—250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXk56gPT89
from her lips, in her voice,250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHBTRdrpuOs
in words carved softly but with finality—250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡESVcXZgAnu
it still broke me.

I cried that night.

Not the first time.250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBx9Bxvph8p
Not the loudest.250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4rRHBFl6rC
But maybe the most honest.

Because I said what I wanted to say...250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1iO6aUikBn
and heard what I never wanted to.

But maybe that’s what closure looks like—250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmKoyKu6EiQ
Not peace. Just an ending.

It’s for the best, right?

Now, she won’t be uncomfortable around me.250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWVSZI4ziZf
Because I won’t be around.

The friend I met,250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb04P8FBVzP
the friendship I nurtured,250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm9AYi4HonB
the girl I trusted like no one else...

It ended.

So beautifully,250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1vamEEpBl0
so gently,250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUG7tpq0MZo
that she could forget it without pain.

And I’ll make it easy.250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHvVB3to3Zq
I’ll vanish with grace.250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡITBKCIwPKL
Because I trust her—250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZ82IypVEK
even now—250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxhrjdAZlei
to let go.

And at last, I understand something cruel:

Promises never meant as much as love.250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTfXjJZ5WVc
And when love left,250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2kLbw1PBmh
promises shattered like glass too fragile to hold weight.

All those “forevers” we whispered?250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRoyqKcVJfw
They were only meant to last as long as we stayed close.

And the worst of it all?

Hope.
Hope is the cruelest thing.250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJS9ASiX18q
It keeps you warm just enough to survive the cold,250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQIUJ4ji6xV
but not enough to escape it.250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0PDLLxa6eX
It lingers.250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgdLdM9HQ66
It tricks.250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkWNauYrWJT
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.250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnPmEM5hJiI
Such a fool I am.250Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKtlVJoRDOn

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