you ruined fortune cookies for me.

i skipped that song because it reminded me of you.

- but the next day i belted those words because they made me feel like you were mine again.

i can’t eat at that restaurant because it just isn’t the same without you.

- but i’m constantly craving their fortune cookies--not because i like them, but because i loved reading the fortune then giving you my cookie afterward.

i refuse to read poetry because it all seems to be about you.

- but then every time i write something, i end up writing it for you.

i know that it’s over, and i know that you’re leaving, and i know that i need to move on, and i know that we had our last kiss and our last moment as an “us” and i told you that was okay, and i know that i need to stop writing about you but it’s just so. hard.

how do i forget about someone like you?

how do i learn to live a life without you?

how do i breathe when it feels like you took all of the air from my lungs?

it feels like i miss a person that no longer exists, and i think that might be the worst part. my heart has been squeezed and pushed and poked and shattered but i still go on wanting you because i have NEVER felt like this about anyone else. it feels like i found my soulmate but im losing them at the same time because we are on different paths and i am not sure they will ever cross again.

my heart is breaking.

will i ever see you again?

and will you love me then?