The grey streets were reverent in their silence as the rain fell carelessly onto the streets. I watched him walk away from me, from my life, taking a part of my soul with him- one I knew I would never see again. His words burned relentlessly into my heart as the situation sunk in. I wanted to scream at him, to find a reason that made sense, but I was paralysed in my confusion and shock. I stood there motionless as I began to comprehend what had happened. It was over.
My life as it was, was no more. Moments ago, I had been someone completely different. Now, I felt dead inside, along with everything good in the world. There was nothing to look forward to, nothing I could see- all I could envision was black. Blackness, desolation, despair and the terrifying unknown. A massive, crippling pain came to life inside me, slowly consuming everything I had. I screwed my eyes shut in pain, I tried to scream, there was nothing. Slowly, but surely, I was brought to my knees. I lifted my head to let the rain pour on my face, pounding my features.
Tears burst through my shut eyes and stormed my face until they became one with the rain, and I could no longer tell them apart. And then they came. The memories. They tore through my consciousness, overwhelming my fragile state of mind. What used to be so very dear to me had become daggers to my mind in their own respect. I could not forget them. I could not escape them. He no longer loved me. I could not escape.
I remembered his face, his handsome flawless face in an expression I could not quite read, the expression he wore before he deserted me. Stole my soul. An expression contorted with disappointment.. sadness.. sympathy. And then my voice returned. It rang out to the streets, chilling the hearts of all who were within earshot. It was a cry of pain, despair, sorrow, the frustration of not knowing, not ever being fully able to know or understand, the inevitability of my fate, the hurt that would never truly leave me, even in time.
He no longer loved me. I could not escape. The grey streets were reverent in their silence.