Over Before It Began

They met on the dock

for the very last time.

Turning around to face him

upon his arrival,

she spoke the words that

sliced through his heart.

“We can’t see each other anymore.”

He crossed the threshold of

empty space between them,

interlacing his fingers with hers.

Looking into those gorgeous deep

brown eyes that he had come to know so well,

he silently probed for the reasons why.

She let go of his hands and took a step back,

turning her head to look out over the water.

The lake surface was still;

quite the opposite of her wildly beating heart.

Glancing at him and noticing his crestfallen face,

the apology fell from her lips.

“I am so sorry.”

He reached up to catch

a loose tendril of her hair and

tucked it in its home behind her ear.

His hazel eyes, now brimming with tears,

searched for any semblance that would have this

make an ounce of sense.

Quickly scanning the memories of their past,

he saw small signs of her creating distance

between them.

At the time, he had thought nothing of it,

since their affection for each other had not

waned,

still overflowing into the tiny cracks that had begun to form.

“But I’m falling in love with you,” he whispered.

At his admittance, her eyes widened in shock,

for she too, felt the same.

“We can’t,” she sighed.

“It’s forbidden.”

Stepping towards her, he enveloped her in a

bone-crushing hug.

“I miss you already.”

Now it was her turn for the tears to form,

already wracked with agony

and had already begun missing him from the

moment

she made the decision to

part ways.

All she wanted to do was melt into his embrace

and sob with grief for all of their futures

that would never come to pass.

Convincing herself that this was necessary

to avoid long-term pain,

was a difficult feat indeed.

Even though she knew in her heart that

he loved her immensely,

there sat in her soul,

her little niggle of intuition,

that he would not leave his beloved,

for her.

And that was the catalyst fueling this

sudden

ending.