One Day

By Michael Medina

A friend told him, “One day you’ll see her with another.”

His heart was tangled up like the ropes of a bridge as he thought, as he suffered quietly. He remembered the days where mornings were spent on ft, afternoons on the video game with her, and the nights sleeping together on the phone. But then the friend said, “She doesn’t care.” Those words struck him like a lamb to the slaughter, killing the innocence in him.

Neglect.

Shutting down, being more alone than ever. Motivation starting to sink. Hope being lost.

Being too stubborn to ask for help. But it all changes when that light appears once again.

Acceptance.

Taking time of his own, just focusing on what’s important: his mom, school, his future. Seeing her with another is not compared, because eventually, someone better will come.

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