YOU AND I, we could never go back to the way we were before.

Finally, when I realised that I couldn't let you have such control over me anymore, I found the courage to face you.

I understood that we needed to work this out.

It was hard looking into your eyes, because it felt as though you weren't there. They no longer looked at me in the same way, and I could sense that you really had changed.

But a part of me was still in denial, thinking that there was still a way to fix us.

I thought you would be excited, but you weren't.

I thought you'd understood, but you didn't.

None of your words carried the love and affection that you used to give me. Your smile didn't feel as warm as it should've been.

By then, I knew that you were gone. That boy, was gone.

Everybody changes, and you, the person whom I thought was genuine and real, whom I once thought I knew, were no exception.

It pained me to see that you had moved on, that you were so happy with everything else but me. Your life was filled with so many exciting possibilities of what could be that it didn't have space for me anymore. Ever since I knew you, I'd never felt so out of place. I'd become a part of the past that holds you down.

You made me feel powerful, that's probably why I loved being around you so much. You weren't just a friend, but a soulmate. I know that I'd probably never find what I had with you with someone else, that's why the thought of leaving hurt so badly.

But it hurt even more to be the one looking your way when your eyes are elsewhere. I knew that I had to let you go as well, for your sake and mine.

Because our time had run out, and our journey had to end. Because I deserve more than being your second best.

I'd forgotten that I could feel enough, even without you.

Maybe you are just meant to be another piece of puzzle in my life, there to teach me a heartfelt lesson.

You may be out of my life forever, but you will always have a special place in my heart. Slowly, but surely, I would pick up the pieces that you left and put them back together. I would learn to let go of things that aren't meant to be mine.

So I picked up my phone, and deleted your number.

Goodbye, it's been a great time knowing you.