He Was Gone

And just like that, he was gone.

He walked into the distance and he didn't look back.

He didn't stumble, didn't stop.

He just walked away.

And in that moment, all the memories came crashing down, pieced together with the glue of tears and swirling into a downpour of longing and regret.

The deep and heavy sorrow that had been carried upon your shoulders was suddenly too much to bare.

And for a moment, you wondered...why? What, if, when and how?

Your blood ran cold and your stomach empty starved with the thought of the nothingness that now lay ahead.

And knowing he was gone, seeing he had left for good, you mustered what energy you had left to turn around and walk away.

You walked away from the heartache you'd be hiding.

You walked away from the fear that you had been concealing behind a mask of smiles and hopeful eyes.

You walked away from the months and years of pain that had been hidden in your shadow, the pain that you just couldn't bare to bring into the light.

You walked away from the sufferings, the neglect, ill thoughts and the negative impact that had been infiltrating your soul.

And for a second, in the grey clouds of despair, a small glimmer of hope shone through as you realised that, yes, he walked away - but so my darling have you.