How does one lose a best friend?

user_382197751

How does one lose a best friend?

How am I supposed to rub your name

off my list

if I’d written it in pen?

Is it like cutting off a limb?

You cut it off just for the sake of it

You—who thought of everything,

who used to think circles around my thoughts—

didn’t think about my phantom pains

My nervous system is used to your presence, don’t you understand;

it reminds me every now and then.

 

Your face was an open book once

I could see the thoughts

dancing around beneath the surface

like that time

we waltzed in the empty basement

Why did you close it?

Now the Sun doesn’t shine through, it reflects off a hard surface.

It put a up a majestic fight

that afternoon in the park

it stained the sky with fire

in its final, desperate throes

before it went under.

I wonder

if it ever crossed your mind

to fight like that.

Or even

to just

stay

  • Author: user_382197751 (Offline Offline)
  • Published: February 16th, 2023 09:57
  • Category: Love
  • Views: 16
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  • heartbones20

    OMG! this is really good! Is it based on experience? I honestly relate...

    • user_382197751

      thank you!! it is based on experience, i’m kind of going through a friendship breakup right now and i feel like they’re not talked about often enough. I’ve never experienced a romantic breakup so i’m writing about what I know, but i do think friendship breakups can be as important and hard to go through

      • heartbones20

        I completely agree... i hope u get through it!

      • VenneKing

        this is like my story... I know your pain dear.



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