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An old feeling, recently re-visited

The situation ends.


My grasp on things has loosened, weakened.
Visions of being in control have fast faded into the locked away parts of my mind.
That first touch, hesitant and comprehensive
Progressed into a passionate stronghold, that could never be reassured.
I let go, once or twice,at your request.
Not wanting to hold on to shards of you, of us
After I''d squeezed the life out of you, of us
And watched us crack,break, fall.
We watch now as the space gets bigger.
We smile, weakly now, as the strain sets in.
we watch,we smile, we stare; we used to gaze and now we stare.
we touch, we kiss, we fake laughter; we used to laugh hysterically, laugh carelessly not knowing that we would run out of joy.
we.us.you.me.
Plurals that were forged from singular beings; me and you
Now we watch our birthed plural disintegrate into a solitary single.
There is no why or how or when or who.
There is no fixing this.
There is no cure, no solution or antidote. no magic spell either.
Its done.
Compatibility played no part.
Attraction did not feature
Love was not instant
Yet we persisted.
Persistence was indeed futile in our case.
This, our situation, ends mutually.
Further than this we cannot go

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