This was a day that I always had a feeling would come. From the first time my heart beat for you I held onto that hope that got me through, but now the time has finally come to lock away that hope for however long it must be locked away. I will set it up in the back of my closet, and a piece of me will always be with it, guarding and protecting it from the forces of Reality.
My eyes are damp at the thought of this ending, but it is the end of a journey that I would never want to change. It has been an adventure of epic proportion and an experience that has been life-altering in every way. My gratitude for you is overflowing, but the only words I can think to say are: thank you. They are two simple words, and they aren't even remotely strong enough to portray what I want them to portray, but they are the only ones I can think of to try.
So, thank you.
Thank you for giving me things that can never be taken away by anyone, no matter how hard they might try. Thank you for teaching me truths that will follow me forever, battling throughout all the thick and thin of what life will throw at me. Thank you for showing me what it means to give one's heart away and love in ways that many go throughout their entire lives without knowing. Thank you for holding me up when I felt like I would never be able to stand again. Thank you for inspiring my mind, heart, and soul, and for changing me into the person I am today. Thank you for being my best friend and more throughout these years, because it has done for me more than any other relationship with another person has done for me.
Thank you. You have done more for me than I could ever imagine to have done for you, but I hope I've changed you for the better in some way too. I think we both have done something for the other, and that's what makes us so important to each other, no matter where our separate maps take us. Our relations with one another will change and evolve as time goes on, naturally, but we will always be connected in some way. You will always be one of the best friends that I have ever had, and I hope that that will never change.
This may be goodbye for now, but it's not goodbye forever. We will meet again and things will undoubtedly be different. But the point is that we will meet again, and continue to change each others' lives for the better, just as we will be changing everyone's lives around us. This farewell is painful in every way--there is no denying that--but you won't be gone from me. You'll never be gone from me; you are a part of me now. You are what ultimately made me what I am today, and for that there are no words powerful enough to convey the gratitude that you deserve from me.
So all I will say, is thank you. Thank you through the Universe and back again. Thank you, and goodbye, only for now.
A song to remember you: "Seaside" by The Kooks
A song for this ending: "Laughter Lines" by Bastille
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Speculations of an Artistic Mind: Jane's Thoughts
Non-FictionEveryone has thoughts. These ones are mine.
