Left Behind

There's a lot to say about being left behind.

It leaves you gasping for air and grasping at the fleeting memories.

It leaves you stuck, incapable of moving forward.

It leaves you wanting to go back into the warm embrace of calm and familiarity.

But everything you once knew is gone .

There is nothing left to go back to.

There is only venturing out on your own.

There is only the struggle of learning how to survive with that person no longer in your life.

No more advice.

No more warm hugs.

No more coffees or hot chocolates.

Just forward.

Meeting new people and being terrified to make a new attachment.

Possibly even disconnecting from those close to you.

All out of fear of another loss.

All out of fear of being abandoned again.

Of being left behind.

Again.