Sweet

You have moved on.
Smitten with another.
Thoughts of us far away now.

I'm genuinely happy for you.

My heart aches no more
for you,
but instead pines simply
for your company.

The torturous rapture
that once consumed me
has died.
The spaces between our meetings
have grown ever longer.

A month passes without
a single sighting of you.
Then two days in a row of you
and I realize how much I've missed you

But something changed.

A turning point occurred.

A moment of pure realization
when I knew we were not meant to be.

Yet we share a knowing glance,
silently acknowledging what has passed between us.

And just like that....
we are simply friends.