THE FOOL. - Hope Is a Cruel Thing

And in the evening,341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmtSphqbzjM
as the sun dipped behind the same skies that once held our shared laughter,341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcfO940s8dE
her message came.

"I don’t know how to feel,341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2VmpbiktKQ
’Cause I only ever saw you as a very good friend.341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJrGVc9DQI
I felt betrayed.
Lastly, just know that there’s always a part in me that will remember you as a very good friend.341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡno7bHabmGm
I really hope you find peace.”

I knew this would be the answer.341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUk4gfQEtDJ
Somewhere deep down, I always did.

But hearing it—341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6INJagNMDF
from her lips, in her voice,341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd3qnrh29MF
in words carved softly but with finality—341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgGcwCEO7g2
it still broke me.

I cried that night.

Not the first time.341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡitfAOXZz6K
Not the loudest.341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlktUVomgSI
But maybe the most honest.

Because I said what I wanted to say...341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKSV41BFLop
and heard what I never wanted to.

But maybe that’s what closure looks like—341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKIXI9PLJwA
Not peace. Just an ending.

It’s for the best, right?

Now, she won’t be uncomfortable around me.341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5aUyb851NH
Because I won’t be around.

The friend I met,341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhO2Z3Paf2o
the friendship I nurtured,341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhCVR38BEoJ
the girl I trusted like no one else...

It ended.

So beautifully,341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQWfj8Cv0HO
so gently,341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0zSx6NuAqQ
that she could forget it without pain.

And I’ll make it easy.341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGi1WSZjp1e
I’ll vanish with grace.341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZGfLS8ztSm
Because I trust her—341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGPpY6cHvgu
even now—341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQrHpFQqgMv
to let go.

And at last, I understand something cruel:

Promises never meant as much as love.341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMzWIiktl1r
And when love left,341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOsEqpFh0Wz
promises shattered like glass too fragile to hold weight.

All those “forevers” we whispered?341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9JNT7hNtOa
They were only meant to last as long as we stayed close.

And the worst of it all?

Hope.
Hope is the cruelest thing.341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjJNGEAlc3L
It keeps you warm just enough to survive the cold,341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN0LdBMTSnq
but not enough to escape it.341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCIVdm62zt2
It lingers.341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcIm7HRRjik
It tricks.341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuFhNT2RuK8
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.341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlElDHDYp7s
Such a fool I am.341Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaO98jutyIn

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