conversations became shorter

laughter became faint

time between responses became longer

your voice became harder to hear

I will always remember that moment

the tempo slowed

the rhythm broke

the silence became louder

you stopped catching up

you stopped asking

you stopped

you all stopped

there’s a space that echos your presence

it reverberates off of every fiber of my being

until it began to slow

and then there is an utter silence of who I was with you

it’s the fading of me, you

the silhouette of a friendship

but the dawning of me

and the elimination of who you made me believe i am

i will always love you

i will always be there

but this is me

this is who i was intricately crafted to be