No Goodbye

She might think I never said goodbye,

but goodbye is for people

who only love physically.

I love her with my heart,

and my soul still feels connected to hers.

Her presence still occupies

a corner of my everyday life.

Her connection has been woven

into my inner world.

She exists through memory, understanding,

and distance cannot erase her.

Some relationships change,

but with her, the connection remains.

Her memory has a life of its own;

it feels almost like a presence.

I carry pieces of her everywhere,

and I still talk to her

even when she left long ago.

Physical distance and emotional distance

are not the same thing.

I can live thousands of kilometres away,

yet still feel deeply connected to her.

Distance is not easy.

Loss does not disappear.

A relationship does not end

just because physical presence ends.

The influence remains.

The affection remains.

The memories remain.

She did not enter my heart and soul through my eyes,

but through the wounds I carried,

the wounds of trust and betrayal.

By

Sanji-Paul Arvind