The Day Your Love Faded

Would you not take a moment to consider what we were? Take my hand and look into my eyes one last time. But this isn’t a choice you should struggle with anymore, and maybe it never was. I know I pushed you away, made you question the love you once had for me. I cared for you in my own flawed and selfish way, but I never gave you what you deserved. You loved me, maybe even more than I’ll ever understand, but love can only endure so much before it fades. And now, it’s gone.

But even in my own flawed and unconventional way, I loved you. It may not have been the way you desired or envisioned, but it was genuine deep, unspoken, and present in ways you may never fully understand. It wasn’t always perfect, nor was it always enough, but it was real, given in the only way I knew how.

I still remember that day the rain pouring outside, the way you held on to me, scared. I told you not to be, to look me in the eye, to hold on tightly and be sure. And for a moment, it felt like we were unshakable. But that was it. Just a fleeting moment before everything changed. forever.

~chandra