Dear to whom it may concern,
What made you like this?
Why the sudden distance?
When I asked you said you didn’t know.
It just happened.
You got caught up with work and school and you got busy.
But is that really true?
I thought we were good friends.
I guess not.
So why then?
Dear to whom it may concern,
Why let an nonexistent reason create this void between us?
There’s something I never told you.
For a long time you were one of the most important things in my life.
Till you left without a warning.
Without saying goodbye.
Dear to whom it may concern,
Please tell me why.
The weight of not knowing why you left hurts more than the way you did.
I still remember the person I met at the beginning.
Shy.
Unresponsive.
Who wouldn’t reply to messages for the fear of saying the wrong things.
Dear to whom it may concern,
It took me a while to accept that you’re no longer in my life like you used to.
I used to think it was my fault.
Whenever you told me you were busy I’d come up with a thousand and one things that could be keeping you busy.
It made your silence more bearable.
Dear to whom it may concern,
How did I go from waiting happily for your messages to wondering if my messages bothered you.
From endless conversations to waiting for a message to waiting for nothing.
Dear to whom it may concern,
I’m tired.
Tired of chasing something I can never catch up with.
Tired of chasing something that’s already gone.
I’m not leaving you.
I’m leaving the version in my head where you would always choose me like I would choose you.
I hope you’re happy with whatever you choose because in all I still wish the best for you.
I just can’t keep destroying myself to be a part of it.
Dear to whom it may concern,
Fuck you.
You took away my spark.
Now I want it back.
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