Goodbye...

You left footprints on my heart like people leave footprints in the sand. But unlike those, these footprints wont get washed away by the tide…

We say it everyday; ‘see you later,’ ‘in a while,’ ‘goodbye.’ But never does it mean so much as when it is for forever…

I didn’t think the day would come when I would have to say it. I was unprepared and unwilling to say the words that were being pushed onto me. As I sat there I could feel my eyes welling up until they were unable to contain the signs of emotion any more. A warm tear slowly rolled down my cheek, leaving behind it a shimmering trace of sadness before falling onto my lap. It had been a while since I had allowed my heart to ache and feel this all too familiar pain. Hurt surged through my body as I heard the words I had been dreading. This was not a ‘see you later’ but a ‘goodbye.’ This time it was final.

Every word that left his lips struck me like a lightening bolt. I felt a shiver up my spine and the feeling of nausea rising up from the pit of my stomach. A million different thoughts entwined among each other in my head and the sound of my broken beating heart began to fill the crisp night air.

I knew that when I awoke the next morning I would instantly be greeted with that empty feeling of loneliness and a realisation that no longer is he there. They say that you never really realise how precious something is until it’s gone, now I can finally understand just how true that saying is.

So, it has come to that inevitable moment to say Goodbye. I don’t like the sound of it and nor do I want to say it back in return, but to ease your pain and set you free it seems I have no choice. Just know that for me, this will never be a Goodbye but instead, a see you later. xXx