She Chose Silence…

Maybe it was my mistake.

I thought destiny had a reason

for bringing us together.

I thought perhaps

we were meant to meet,

because there was something

we were supposed to learn

from one another.

Maybe there was.

Because even though

I cannot explain my pain in words,

I know that meeting her

changed something deep in me.

She chose distance over me.

So I stopped fighting it.

I let the distance grow,

even though every part of me

wanted to bridge it.

Maybe this distance

will bring her the happiness and peace

I could never give her.

And maybe loving her now

means accepting

that her peace

has to exist without me.

So I let her go,

not because I stopped loving her,

but because sometimes love must become quiet

when the person you love chooses silence.

By

Sanji-Paul Arvind