He began to grieve something he hadn’t lost

Yet

The melancholy in his eyes was haunting,

They said so much that he didn’t need to speak for her to see it coming



He unraveled before her

Once it starts it doesn’t stop

Unfathomable pain came as the right decision

A mutual understanding of the love and loss tied with a loose knot



She took a step forward and he clung to her for the last time

Tears spilling onto her shoulder

He never needed to be held more

Held on as if that was the only way he could keep himself from crumbling

Separation felt like being torn from the inside out, though their consciences were clean



Little comfort in goodbye

Their together was over