At Last, a Long-Lost Dream Returns Home

From strangers to friends,

We started like so many others,

Two people crossing paths, not knowing

That somewhere along the way,

We’d become so much more

Each other’s safe space,

Each other’s constant.

Through laughs and late-night talks,

We shared everything,

Creating a connection that felt solid,

As if nothing could tear it down.

Then from friends to everything

At least, that’s how I saw it.

I thought we were enough,

That we had something real,

Something lasting.

But I guess, for you,

I was never quite what you needed.

In your eyes, I wasn’t the one

You were searching for,

And I never saw it coming.

When I stopped calling,

I thought maybe you'd notice,

Maybe you'd care.

I waited, hoping you'd reach out,

Wondering why the silence was so loud.

But you didn’t.

And when I started pulling away,

I expected you to pull me back,

To ask, to try

But you didn’t.

It was like I was fading into nothing,

And you didn’t even notice.

Was it just me all along?

Was I the only one holding on,

Fighting for something that didn’t exist?

I cared enough for both of us,

But maybe that was the problem.

It wasn’t enough for you,

And somehow, it was all too much for me.

That realization? It hurt like hell.

You were my best friend,

The one I trusted with everything

My thoughts, my worries, my heart.

And that’s what stung the most,

To realize I was never really the same to you.

I gave my all,

And it was never enough

To make you stay,

To make you fight for us.

Now, here we are,

Back to being strangers.

Except this time, it’s different.

I know you,

Inside and out,

Like the back of my hand.

But to you?

I’m just someone you used to know,

A person who used to matter,

But doesn’t anymore.

And maybe that’s the hardest part

To realize I’m nothing more

Than a fading memory to you,

While I still carry the weight of us,

Of everything we were.