Dear Someone I Used to Know,
We used to walk side-by-side up the streets, through the mall, by the beach, but now we walk in opposite directions. It's strange because I never thought we would end up this way (cue Taylor Swift song "The Story of Us"). What once was a familiar face, is now stranger. I was never quite sure why we had let each other go, but it has been some time now, and all I can do is reflect and learn from it. Life certainly does not give us explanations on why things must be the way they are, but we were just a set of perpendicular lines, only meeting together at one point before shooting off into our very different lives.
Sometimes I see you around town, but not even a smile is shared between us at this point. It is far too friendly to smile at somebody I don't know anymore. I'm not trying to insinuate that our friendship should reignite its lost flame, but simply thanking you for impacting my life, even if it was so briefly. Thanks for laughs and the opportunity to know you.
For whenever I see you, I smile in my head and remember our fond memories. They were some good times, even if they could be unproductive at some points. I cannot regret those times, as I enjoyed them in the moment and I have no reasoning to regret them because we "lost touch."
I'm not positive on who was the one to start to let go, but as the days got longer, the nights we didn't talk did too. We went from hanging out every day, to maybe seeing each other passing by in the grocery store or in the hallways when we went to school together. Time changed, and so did we.
Our talks became more neutral, and our conversations became just a simple "hello" and "goodbye." Gone were the days we would spend hours talking on the phone or facetiming, gone were the days of just hanging out on the floor of my house just watching scary movies on Netflix. We both changed so that we just didn't mesh and flow like we used to. It's a sad reality, but it happens to so many people all the time. Nevertheless, it was hard to let you slip out of my fingertips into being someone I used to know.
Even though our fire has burnt out, and everything has been said and done trying to save it, I still tend to reflect on what we had. They were great times, and I am sad to see them go. However, one can only dwell on the past for so long.
I don't wish anything bad on you, but I do wish you have the best remainder of your life. I hope you get everything out of life that you want to, even if I'm no longer a player in its part.
With all the best,
Somebody You Used to Know.
