Perspective.

The way I see it, I could run away from all of this. I could rebuild my entire life, with entirely new people, and I could watch you from  a distance. In short, I could let my love for you, destroy my love for myself. I could let it rip away my insides, with carnivorous tendencies, and I could watch you moving on.

However the way I choose to do it is simple. I value myself, and my sanity, more than the thought of you moving on with her. So I'll stay. I'll make new friends but I wont run from the ones I have. I'll make new memories but I wont dwell on the ones that have passed. I'll stay with you, and not be distant, and eventually, the love I have for myself, and the love I build for someone new, will relieve me of the love I have towards you.

So I do hope you're happy with my choice, because even though I'm falling apart around the edges, little pieces of me are being put back together. And slowly, but surely, I'll be the person you once knew again.

And maybe next time around, it will be me you can't have, and it will be me who's going to leave you with the broken heart.