I don’t want to say, “come back and say goodbye,” because I figured out that things are best the way they are now. You left, and will never come back. That’s just how it’s supposed to be.

I miss some parts of you, but we need to part ways. I am strong enough to admit that I don’t want you to hurt me again, and I am indeed strong enough to perform an action to make it possible. I need to love myself more, even if it means that I have to be cold-hearted towards you. (But then again, you were like that to me, weren’t you?)

This is the last time that I am going to talk about you. You’re forgiven, but not forgotten. Thanks for the memories, no matter how good and bad they are.

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¹ From the movie, “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”