After We Parted

At that moment, we both knew in our hearts that our future together probably had nowhere left to go.

We held each other tightly as tears streamed down our faces for what felt like forever. No matter how much we wiped them away, they wouldn't stop. When our throats were hoarse from crying, I softly hummed that song to him: "Can I Hold You..."

We had once believed with all our hearts that we could walk hand in hand until the very end. Who could have imagined our relationship would end in such a hasty, messy way? But we had loved each other too deeply, and accumulated too many regrets. For years after we parted, we still couldn't help getting tangled up in each other's lives.

Over the years, we left each other battered and broken, yet on countless late nights, we clutched our aching hearts and silently, fiercely loved the person we could never get close to again.