Relentless
The world puts someone in your life
fate makes you interact daily, for years
routine makes the relationship flourish and deepen
one random tuesday
a curveball, a missed exit somewhere
and now, you get nothing
daily becomes monthly, and that quickly becomes yearly
the messages are losing their warmth by the minute
one day, a pending question goes unanswered for weeks
and the rot establishes
fond memories are all there is, even though the present is right here
you could, right now, stop what you are doing and send that message, call that number
but you won't
time numbed your life in ways you cannot fathom
what is important now was never important then
your brain is so confused on its priorities, you are losing people like flies
and when the courage to send that message shows up again
they won't ever reply to you
and you will know why they can't.
those tears were years on the making, you just had no time to care for them
now they are all that is left
