End of a Chapter

Twenty-six years—

A lifetime woven together,

Each memory a thread, binding us tight,

Our laughter and secrets written in invisible ink

On the walls of my heart.

I loved you like a sister,

Shared pieces of myself I rarely gave away.

I thought we’d always be there—

Two lives entwined,

A constant, no matter the years.

And now, just like that, you’re gone,

Your words drawing a line I never saw coming,

“Look we’re cool but we just aren’t friends like that anymore.”

A sentence like a final chapter,

Written without warning, without pause.

I replay it, searching for clues,

Wondering where the ground shifted,

When the light dimmed in places I didn’t see.

Was there something I missed,

Some silence I didn’t hear?

It’s strange, the empty space you leave,

Like a home I’ve lived in all my life,

Suddenly stripped bare, hollow and quiet.

The echoes of us still linger,

But they feel like strangers now.

I don’t know how to grieve this,

This sudden unraveling of a life we shared.

I only know I loved you,

Like a sister, like family, like forever—

And now I’m left holding the pieces

Of something I thought would never break.

Today was hard, tomorrow will be better.

-HarperWildePoetry🌿