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I Could Never Replace You

I think the hardest part about losing you is knowing that I could probably meet someone else someday, but I don't think I'll ever love them the way I loved you.

There’s this loneliness that follows me everywhere. Some days it’s quiet, and other days it feels like there’s an empty space beside me that nobody else could ever fill.

And the strange thing is, I don't even want someone to fill it.

I don't want a replacement. I don't want another person to take your place, because that place belongs to you. Even after everything, even after all this time, I couldn't dream of asking someone else to stand where you once stood.

Maybe that's why moving on feels so impossible. It isn't that I believe you're the only person I could ever meet. It's that I don't want to pretend what we had can simply be recreated with someone else.

I miss being loved by you. I miss loving you. I miss having one person in the world who felt like home.

And now I'm learning what it's like to live with the possibility that I'll spend the rest of my life carrying that love for someone who isn't here anymore.

I wish I could stop feeling so lonely.

But I don't want to stop loving you just so the loneliness will go away.

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u/GothamGurl73 — 16 hours ago

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To my now stranger….
Sometimes I wonder why thinking of you still makes me smile. Maybe it’s because not every memory of you hurts. Some of them remind me of the happiest version of myself and for that I will be forever.grateful for having a chance to know you and love you once upon a time.

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u/GothamGurl73 — 1 day ago

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To my now stranger:
We went from “ Good morning ❤️❤️” to silence.
From waking up to your messages to wondering if you ever think of me at all. Funny how someone who used to be part of my everyday mornings and evenings can become a stranger 💔….Ill never forget you even though you’ve forgotten me 😢

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u/GothamGurl73 — 4 days ago

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I think what’s hurting me the most is that I don’t get to know you anymore. I don’t know what you’re doing right now., what made you laugh today, what song you’re listening to, or if you’re OK. One day someone can be your entire world., and the next day you’re wondering about them from a distance. The memories stay, the love stays, but somehow you’re expected to keep moving while a part of you is still standing in the place they left. Thinking of you always…..

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u/GothamGurl73 — 4 days ago

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I think what’s hurting me the most is that I don’t get to know you anymore. I don’t know what you’re doing right now., what made you laugh today, what song you’re listening to, or if you’re OK. One day someone can be your entire world., and the next day you’re wondering about them from a distance. The memories stay, the love stays, but somehow you’re expected to keep moving while a part of you is still standing in the place they left. Thinking of you always…..

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u/GothamGurl73 — 4 days ago