The Emotional Whiplash of Joy Followed by Despair in Rapid S...

The Place Eyes Met Across the Room and Something Infinite Seemed Possible

Promises That Felt Like the Start of a Grand Narrative But Were Interrupted by Your Glance at the Door

The Way You Leaned In Close Enough to Suggest Intimacy Yet Pulled Back Just as the Conversation Turned Toward Vulnerability

Mornings After Where the Bed Was Still Warm But You Were Already Gone With A Distant Look in Your Eyes

Attempts at Connection That Devolved into Unanswered Questions About What This Could Be

Your First Departure Framed as Nothing But Sent Me Into Whatever Solitary Hell I Inhabited

Weeks of Silence Punctuated by Random Memories That Played Like Looped Reels in My Mind

The Unexpected Message Out of the Blue Sounding Sincere Enough to Reignite the Flickering Hope I'd Been Trying to Extinguish

Rekindled Desire That Masked the Underlying Anxiety of Impending Abandonment

But Then the Pattern Reemerged with You Canceling Plans Last Minute Again