it's time

I look at my watch,
The one you gifted to me.
I see the numbers,
And I’m cracking inside—
No joke,
It’s still there.

How can I be still?
Oh, tell me how I can be still,
When I feel myself losing this battle,
I can feel it slipping away.

“Always,” you said,
And then you left.

My love, I’m still here,
Processing this.
It’s still hard,
You’re still here—
But it’s time
To let you go.

Forever, I cried.