Goodbye: Definition Pending

(TRIGGER WARNING: Self-harm)

Two hearts, beating as one

One soul, two bodies

Friend

/frend/

noun

1. a person whom one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection

2. a person who is not an enemy or who is on the same side

“Friend”

Barely scratches the surface of it

Summer was

...seeing each other

...playing together

...CONNECTION.

Then,

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w

l

y

.

.

.

we d r i f t e d

drift:

/ˈdrift/

verb

something driven, propelled, or urged along or drawn together in a clump by or

as if by a natural agent

noun

a general underlying design or tendency

No.

We didn’t drift apart.

You.

Left.

Me.

You cut

me and you

apart like you cut

your skin

And told me I was imagining it

Was I imagining it when

...you went to the hospital?

...you avoided me?

...you acted like nothing was wrong?

loneliness:

/ˈlōnlēnəs/

Noun

1. sadness because one has no friends or company.

2. the fact of being without companions; solitariness.

3. (of a place) the quality of being unfrequented and remote; isolation.

And now, a brief interlude of paradoxes

I miss you

and never want to see you again.

I care about you

and hate you.

I will always be there

but dread talking to you.

This concludes the interlude.

CONNECTION.

Did I imagine that, too?

“all in your head”:

/ôl in yôr hed/

noun

1. A truth or state of being that exists only in one’s own mind

2. A phrase told to people suffering from depression

Who is that, walking around in your body?

That’s not the girl I knew

I want that girl back.

Is she lost forever?

And, more importantly, if she came back...

if you came back...

could I ever really trust that?

I think we might be

s p l i t

forever.

Goodbye:

/ɡo͝odˈbī/

Noun

1. A parting statement

2. A profound loss