Echoes of a Farewell

A poetic farewell soaked in sorrow, lost innocence, and broken dreams.

V's Last Words - A Monologue

I read once,
"When you promised that even if you go,

you won't be gone forever,

were you asking me not to forget you?"

The misery of life I lived my own,
That is what these lines remind me of..
I waited.
God knows how long I waited...
For love, for a warm voice, for a soft gaze.
I waited for arms that never opened,
for words that were never spoken.
I waited for too many people --
and none of them came.
I learned something bitter with time...
The more you expect,
the deeper you fall.
Expectations are cruel --
they dress as hope,
but they leave you naked in the cold.
I was once a little boy,
wide-eyed and foolish enough
to believe in fairytales.
I thought love was loyal.
I thought if someone cared,
they would always return.
I met someone who made me believe that.
And then he left.
And he never came back.
So the stories in my heart burned to ashes.
No happy endings. No gentle truths.
Just the sound of closing doors.
I used to shut my eyes,
to imagine a small world --
my world --
where nothing could hurt me.
A quiet place, a soft place...
where I could breathe.
But before I could even build that place,
someone slapped me -- hard.
Not with words.
With life itself.
And I woke up -- not into a dream --
but into a storm.
So I said,
"No more dreaming. I'll build a life I don't want to escape."
And I worked hard.
I tried. I really tried.
But life -- oh life --
She's a cruel lover.
She lets you believe,
only to betray you.
Then they said,
"You need therapy."
They said I was broken,
that I carry ghosts.
So I came to you, beautiful therapist.
I spoke. You listened.
You were kind.
You made me feel human again.
For a moment, I felt something...
not happiness,
but maybe peace.
But the past...
the past is a hunter.
It found me.
It always finds me.
And here I am,
ashamed of the circles I keep walking in.
Trapped in rooms I thought I had left.
I wanted to escape.
But maybe I never learned how.
So, let these be my last words:
Thank you.
You were the only one who ever truly heard me.
The only one who looked at my pain
and didn't look away.
Goodbye.