Goodbye

We said goodbye today. In a parking lot near the house you go home to her. Well, not anymore. She’s gone and you’re soon to follow her. Our paths splitting, yours north and up the coast, mine Midwest and through the mountains. I thought we’d spend the 10 minutes you spared to talk about us– the love lost and the love to be missed. But you wanted to talk about your shitty day, so unbothered by the sound of my heart breaking. So I played it cool to match your nonchalant pace. Your complaints spiraled and I wondered if you even cared that this was goodbye. You weren’t one for being sentimental and this love was just a bandaid waiting to be ripped off. I couldn’t blame you for doing it quick. Our love was never meant to last or to hold, it was meant to sting and rip apart.

Photograph by @sini.leunen