Growing Pains

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At first, all I wanted was to apologize and make things right again because I missed him. But as time went on, I realized that missing someone and forgetting them only gets harder if you don't allow yourself to let go.

I still struggle with the idea of letting go, because all I can think about is him, and the memories we shared, and his lips against mine, and his hands on my body, and my fingers in his hair. But that's just it. Pain doesn't just leave when you ask it to, or when you've cried so many tears you've exhausted yourself. You have to endure it. Everyday, you have to endure the pain and the memories until one day, you wake up and it doesn't hurt anymore.

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