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Hello, Old Friend

Peter Wynn
2 min readMar 3, 2024

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Hello, old friend. Here I am in your embrace, you broke me once before and I remember it well, but you won’t break me again. Why must you sit with me night after night. Do you find pleasure in my pain?

I am simply a consequence of your actions.

I hesitated on my decision once because of you. I remembered what it was like the first time you appeared. Years and years you sat with me, how could I forget. But, I did it anyway. I left, I tried to move on, tried to do the right thing, so why, why does my heart and soul finally call for her when its too late?

Because you’re all alone… again.

I thought I’ve learned to enjoy my own company.

Doesn’t mean the hurt doesn’t exist.

I just want to tell her everything… everything she ever wanted to hear.

Everything you were always too afraid to say?

Yes.

We both know its too late for that. She finally moved on from you after months of heartache, after months of tears. Think about all the nights you left her alone, all the nights she wished you’d come back. And now she finally found happiness with someone new.

I know I don’t deserve her. I just thought we had more time that’s all…

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Peter Wynn

Born and raised in California, tech writer in the bay area, and author of Penny the Red Panda