After Effects

Just something that popped into my head.

How can we have a "friendship"
when everything we remember
is our love and "relationship?"

We were childhood best friends,
did everything together everyday,
later became childhood sweethearts.

Something as simple as a friendship
after being so close for so long
is nearly impossible.

Now it's like we're mere acquaintances
the kind where everything
is forced and awkward.

Every time I see you I yearn for what was,
a hello kiss, a good-bye kiss,
but the expectations leave the ache of wanting more.

The after effect from laying eyes on you
is one of sadness and heartache
for everything that was or could have been.

I suppose now we're left to
decipher our own fucked up situation,
and hope to settle it, but I fear it's too late to fix the after effects.

Author's Note

I am in this situation at the moment.

Reviews

[Iota]

I have had the rule to never go backward after a break up, however if I had a really good woman and we broke up and I had a chance to try again I would because it would hurt to much to not even try. On the other hand it does hurt and there is an ache and there is regret or wishful thinking and that is to hard to bear seeing someone over and over again as a friend, it is like being punished. This is a great write.

[Mizuki Tsukiakari]

I lived like this for almost a year and a half. This piece describes exactly how I felt. Nice work! ;p

[deeps]

I suppose now we're left to
decipher our own fucked up situation,
and hope to settle it, but I fear it's too late to fix the after effects.

I love this part here. This is a wonderful write, full of strong emotion.