The unmistakable sound of the phone hanging up echoed in the hollow silent room leaving a sense of unease like a heavy fog sitting on the heart of its source. For over a year and a half, the person sat anxiously in their chair awaiting a love that never seemed to find its way back again.
Lost in a sea of uncertainty and frustration, no compass could guide them toward the elusive optimism they needed. Desperately, the person searched for answers in the hope that something, anything, could bring them back. Back from the brink of isolation, loneliness, and despair, but nothing left its mark quite like the belief that everything had been in vain.
Between long-distance and past experiences of the person’s partner's lack of effort made it almost an impossible task to try and rebuild what had been taken away once more. The journey was filled with countless nights of longing and missed opportunities to just exist, as if every time they had reached out all they received was an empty void of longing. To lift the person up and guide them back to the stars, the fragile connections kept shining through, but only ever becoming fainter with each passing night.
The path forward in this relationship required tremendous amounts of effort and compromise to make it work, but nonetheless it was not the same effort that the person was used to feeling. Withdrawal seemed like the only answer, leaving the person to feel completely alone yet again and unwilling to take the steps needed to reconcile their ailing relationship. The person found themselves spiraling into doubt and worry, scared to face the truth that their partner’s actions were causing them harm.
An endless loop of second thoughts and endless ideation filled the person’s head. Each attempt to put in motion a plan for potential gratification became an exercise in futility. Even being shattered into pieces didn't equal to giving up on the person's love, if only the chains of distance weren't there to bind them.
Too scared to rise high and brave the path ahead, the person was unable to end what they had started. Too scared to stand strong, the person felt frozen and paralyzed; unable to bring about the changes needed to breathe life back into a relationship so far away in both miles and intentions.
It was a difficult decision, one that many struggle with and that few could understand, but no matter what the person decided the outcome would impact them for years to come. Lost in their own sorrow and feelings of hopelessness, the person had taken a crossroad in search of an answer and was yet to find out which direction would carry them off when sunrise finally came.
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