lost affairs

.paint-stained denim and midnight walks and whispers into palms.
.2 a.m. coffee and secret ambitions and laughter stumbling into tomorrow.
.knotted ribbons and sporadic escapes and the inevitable returns.
.ocean afternoons and galaxy nights and storm mornings.
.kissing friends and dances with strangers and love affairs with art.
.passion under fingernails and music in pockets and just one reason to keep going.
.pebbles at windows and smoking at sunrise and goodbyes with closed eyes.

there are things we have to give up. cigarettes and alcohol and sugar and old friends. we always thought it'd be hardest to give up the bad habits. but no, it's you.
goodbye, old friends.