I can’t say goodbye if you won’t leave.

Note to self. You are goddamn beautiful.

More important note to self: Being beautiful does not change the way people treat you in the long run.

It’s rife with opportunity out there though.

You can do whatever you want.

There will be obstacles, but provided you overcome those obstacles, everything will be awesome.

You’re just a few simple steps from happiness.

These will take years to overcome.

It’s long term,

but it’s not that difficult.

Little things daily.

Big things every once in awhile.

Yes, people will die.

The good news is that each of them only die once,

and your rose colored glasses will color them beautiful but tragic.

The only pain they can cause you now is with their absence.

That will happen. Frequently at first.

But less later.

The bad news is that people change all the time and that’s nearly the same thing.

There are no rose-colored glasses for that sort of thing.

They just go on existing, in different shoes and different time-zones.

You don't get to say goodbye to the person you loved,

Who maybe for a few months loved you too.

The pain comes with their presence and with their absence.

That will happen. Frequently at first.

But less later.