A Farewell

Goodbye is a painful word.

I wrote you almost every day, but words cannot hold your hand or kiss your cheek or lie next to you at night.

Today, your last letter started, today a butterfly landed on my shoulder, and as I looked at it, it flew away. In its' stead were the eyes of a man. Deep green and still following patterned wings through the air. I tried but I could not look away, and when he noticed my staring he smiled, and I could do nothing but smile in return. I am so sorry my love, but I knew right then that we were meant to be. I will always love you, but I have come to realize that I was never in love with you. I never meant to deceive you, and if I did, I deceived myself from the very start.I pray you understand.

With regret, Your Past

You have a name, but I always called you 'Love'. Fitting, in retrospect, seeing as how similar love can be to chaos; both existing in life without rhyme nor reason, yet ever present, affecting us in unknowable ways. Love & Chaos. Two sides of the same coin spinning through the air. I smile despite the bitter ache in my heart as I blink away these unwelcome tears; you deserve happiness. Such is life; a butterfly flaps its' wings in one part of the world, and a heart breaks in another. 

Reviews

[AmandaN]

A real pleasure to read Aram .
I love how you use such a vivid rainbow of language to express how you feel.
Love and Chaos two sides of the same coin for sure and one that I can so easily relate to!
The reality of the last line hits home beautifully.
Thanks for sharing

[Aram Alexander]

Thank you so much for reading and taking the time to share your thoughts; although we are but strangers, it really does mean a lot to me that you did.
It is always a pleasure to share with people such as yourself.

[AmandaN]

As I said the pleasure is all mine , I'm really enjoying your stuff :-)