Like a rock shoved through my abdomen, that's what it felt. Hollowed me out and pushed the tears out, made them trickle down my rather pathetic face.

Like the weirdest sensation of nothingness; neither happy nor sad, just this persistent cold, numb feeling.

Like a wave washed over me and took with it a collection of my emotions. "I'll come back soon," it seems to say but it breaks out in a whisper, broken down by the sea.

Like a tree swaying forlornly in the wind. As birds fly by. As cars speed past. As people dance past. As if that was all to ever live for.

Nobody knows how long I wait and how sharp I look out and how my hopes are heightened, every single time, at the mention of your name. They never recognize that far off look when I stare at you from a distance. They will never know how every thread that used to bind us rips terribly painfully apart each step you take away.

But I liked you. I really, really did.