I’m walking in the rain on my way home. A love song is playing loudly on repeat on my phone for the sixth time now, probably. This couldn’t be more cliché, though I am enjoying every second of it.

I haven’t pressed the eject button, yet, but I have been waving goodbye for some time. Yet, I’m right here, exactly where you are. Why, then, does my heart ache and burn so much?

I stare at the clock and flinch when I think of the fact our ending is approaching. At what time precisely will this chapter close? How much will I enjoy before I go? Will I be able to savour our last kiss? Would I be able to tell you it is the last one?

Well, I can’t say I didn’t see it coming. I guess we can agree that it was inevitable. Although I believed our feelings for each other could change the course of our destiny, there was a great chance I wouldn’t be able to withstand what was being offered to me.

It’s because I don’t want to hate you that I need to go.

It’s because I want to think fondly of you, even when you’re no longer “mine”. Cherish all the memories we built together instead of regretting them.

One day, when I all need to say to you leaves my mouth and makes its way to you like a shooting star, its dust trail will light up our hearts for the last time before everything changes.

A weak but sincere smile will seal our fate, leaving behind a case full of unrealised dreams.

Not too long after, light will break this darkness that lingers heavily in the air…

That is because it’s always darkest before the dawn.

So be it.