Back Again

You can break up with someone, but do you ever really break up? I guess sometimes it's possible.

But what about the ones that stick around? Their energy orbits around you. They'll be quiet for a second just humming in the background, and then they'll suddenly be a loud buzz in your ear reminding you, “hey, I’m still here. We’re not done.”

Social media only makes it 100x harder.

When he watches my Instagram story or "likes" one of my photos.

Which makes me to think; you don’t follow me anymore. You had to actively think about me, type in my name, and watch what my life looks like without you through tiny windows.

You all know the ones I'm talking about.

He'll text you on your birthday because it’s a wonderful opportunity to say it again;

“Hey, I'm still here.”

He’ll ask your friends about you, linger in the shadows, date someone else, but your friends will say, “he didn’t look at her the same way,” and then the buzz will get loud again and you won’t even know why you still feel something.

"We broke up, we’re done, aren’t we?"