perhaps some people come into your life for a reason, or a lesson. not everyone is meant to stay forever. sometimes they leave on their own, and sometimes you choose to leave. not because you stopped loving them, but because staying would mean losing yourself. even when it hurts, you recognize or realize that letting go is necessary for your growth, peace, and healing. and so, no matter how deeply you once cared, they slowly become strangers, not because the love wasn’t real, but because the path forward no longer included them. and it sucks, i know but we just have to accept it and go with the flow of life. it is what it is.