
And in the evening,84Please respect copyright.PENANAIglpiDl4rw
as the sun dipped behind the same skies that once held our shared laughter,84Please respect copyright.PENANAvprebtoNTr
her message came.
"I don’t know how to feel,84Please respect copyright.PENANAp4aTwGAUMO
’Cause I only ever saw you as a very good friend.84Please respect copyright.PENANAmc9Z3x7yQV
I felt betrayed.Lastly, just know that there’s always a part in me that will remember you as a very good friend.84Please respect copyright.PENANAWc9Ghqqb8x
I really hope you find peace.”
I knew this would be the answer.84Please respect copyright.PENANAizKvi7BwKx
Somewhere deep down, I always did.
But hearing it—84Please respect copyright.PENANA7rX1I3ADKu
from her lips, in her voice,84Please respect copyright.PENANAyU9TBcqvSK
in words carved softly but with finality—84Please respect copyright.PENANAGMX93ZZKua
it still broke me.
I cried that night.
Not the first time.84Please respect copyright.PENANAtpZ44W9EEI
Not the loudest.84Please respect copyright.PENANAg4Y2WGfYZo
But maybe the most honest.
Because I said what I wanted to say...84Please respect copyright.PENANAG8XqYkvxkU
and heard what I never wanted to.
But maybe that’s what closure looks like—84Please respect copyright.PENANAk3a1On1aQm
Not peace. Just an ending.
It’s for the best, right?
Now, she won’t be uncomfortable around me.84Please respect copyright.PENANAYF7Cqe0Ndf
Because I won’t be around.
The friend I met,84Please respect copyright.PENANA12lrKeu9LA
the friendship I nurtured,84Please respect copyright.PENANAL7liPvx6Oz
the girl I trusted like no one else...
It ended.
So beautifully,84Please respect copyright.PENANAIyH7AYMOd3
so gently,84Please respect copyright.PENANArfC3as2XoE
that she could forget it without pain.
And I’ll make it easy.84Please respect copyright.PENANAwbPzxdw6Ts
I’ll vanish with grace.84Please respect copyright.PENANATh1FAdOBsP
Because I trust her—84Please respect copyright.PENANA129A5SyFeo
even now—84Please respect copyright.PENANASoaAa8Zs4x
to let go.
And at last, I understand something cruel:
Promises never meant as much as love.84Please respect copyright.PENANAUnE8pMfiX4
And when love left,84Please respect copyright.PENANAOUFYK6uJjH
promises shattered like glass too fragile to hold weight.
All those “forevers” we whispered?84Please respect copyright.PENANAQHMalkkidE
They were only meant to last as long as we stayed close.
And the worst of it all?
Hope.
Hope is the cruelest thing.84Please respect copyright.PENANAZ339pdcQ4o
It keeps you warm just enough to survive the cold,84Please respect copyright.PENANACpHdnDNYHv
but not enough to escape it.84Please respect copyright.PENANAOHw8Fxt2p8
It lingers.84Please respect copyright.PENANAD1fARtEqvP
It tricks.84Please respect copyright.PENANACIGPC1dssv
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.84Please respect copyright.PENANAdodXjzawP8
Such a fool I am.84Please respect copyright.PENANA5K7x6rAtWl